market share

  • Business supply and services

    Chart of the week | Large suppliers’ business market share reduces

    The publication of our Business Gas and Electricity Market Share Surveys for Q420 (with a reporting date of 31 October) has highlighted the changing dynamic of the business supply market as competitive pressure has reduced the market share of the traditional six large suppliers. In this 'Chart of the week',...

  • Business supply and services

    Chart of the week | COVID-19 costs energy suppliers over £1bn

    The impact of COVID-19 is starting to be reported by listed energy companies. Centrica, Iberdrola, E.ON Group, Drax Group and ENGIE Group have all commented on the impact of COVID-19, including the costs of selling back overhedged volumes caused by the pandemic. These suppliers collectively are important competitors in the...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Take on me: market share impacts of domestic supplier trade sales

    This week, we look at the market share impacts of recent mergers and acquisitions among domestic energy suppliers. Over the last year, the headline changes saw incumbent suppliers, npower and SSE, exit the domestic supply market with customers going to E.ON UK and Ovo Energy, respectively. The consolidation has resulted...

  • Business supply and services

    Chart of the week | E.ON UK and npower: When 2 become 1

    Recent acquisitions are changing the face of the non-domestic supply market according to our Business Market Share Survey for Q220 (with a reporting date of 30 April 2020). In this 'Chart of the week' we look at what the market will be like once the E.ON UK and npower merger...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | One in (half) a million: Domestic medium supplier growth

    Ten medium suppliers now hold a 23% share of the domestic energy market, based on data from our Q220 Domestic Market Share Survey. In the three months to the end of April, we noted strong growth by the medium suppliers (adding over half a million energy accounts) and changes to...

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Chart of the week | The real deal: Recent activity in the PPA market

    In this 'Chart of the week', we outline the latest research from our PPA Market Deals Trackers. We provide this as part of our 'Renewables PPA Market Share' and 'Flexible Asset PPA Market Report'. Through this analysis, we track and record all public deals relating to the PPA market. This...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Spook-tacular changes in the Domestic Energy Market

    In this week’s Chart of the Week, we explore how the domestic energy market share has changed so far, and what the future may bring for large suppliers and challenger brands. The Chart follows our latest publication Domestic Market Share Survey, which calculates the national account holdings and respective market share for all suppliers...

  • Business supply and services

    Australian Chart of the week | I think I can, I think I can: Can new retailers make it in the NEM?

    Electricity retail registrations have exploded since 2016. In this time, the Australian Energy Regulator awarded 30 new electricity retail licenses. This represents an increase of 70% since 2016. In this week's Chart of the week, we look at the annual market entrants from 2012. We also explore the benefits of...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Domestic supply: Highest highs and lowest lows

    The last 12 months have been difficult for many energy suppliers. Volatile wholesale prices, caps on tariffs and challenges managing cashflows have put the pressure on and lead to 12 domestic supplier exits between July 2018 and July 2019. Nine were through Ofgem’s Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) auctions, two...