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  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Green hair, green branches, green skin, green tariffs?

    In this 'Chart of the week', we look at how prevalent green supply has become, unpick some of the drivers behind this, and look at the challenges now facing consumers, suppliers and policy makers confronted by a sea of green.  Over recent years, we estimate the percentage of households with...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | SoLR process sees largest supplier exit

    This January saw the largest supplier exit through Ofgem’s Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) process. Green Network Energy ceased to trade on 27 January, with Ofgem appointing EDF Energy as SoLR for its 360,000 domestic customers shortly after. On the same day, the regulator announced the exit of Simplicity Energy,...

  • Business supply and services

    Chart of the week | Prices rise for SMEs as energy demand grows

    Over the last six months our Pricing in the SME Gas and Power Markets reports have tracked a recovery in SME prices, following 5 consecutive quarters of price reductions. In this Chart of the week, we look at the trends in energy prices in the SME sector and how they...

  • 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...

  • Regulation and policy

    Chart of the week | WHD and ECO thresholds now cover 98% of market

    1 April 2020 will see the government’s Warm Home Discount (WHD) and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme thresholds drop from 200,000 to 150,000. This will require all suppliers with more than 150,000 domestic customer accounts to be mandatory participants in these schemes. This week’s Chart of the Week looks at...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | One fifth of suppliers offering cheapest tariff have exited

    Since 2017, 15 suppliers have exited the domestic energy market through Ofgem’s Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) process. While the exits stem from a range of reasons, many of these companies are likely to have experienced problems in cashflow. These problems are often heightened by very cheap tariffs. This Chart...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Better late than never: smart rollout gets new targets

    Last week BEIS announced that the rollout of smart meters will continue past the original 2020 deadline to 2024. In this Chart of the Week, we will look at some of the implications of delays to the smart meter rollout and highlight four key industry programmes that may be affected. Government has described...

  • 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...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | A tariff cap is not a price freeze

    The final confirmation of the default tariff cap on 6 November has caused a good deal of commotion. Most notably the announcement from SSE and npower that the cap is a key factor in renegotiating their merger. But, the price cap that will apply from 1 January is just over...