Chart of the week | The long game – profits from domestic energy supply

Understanding just how profitable domestic supply is has been a long-term concern about the energy market. Since 2009, the Big Six have had to publish separate financial accounts for their generation and supply businesses. These “segmental statements” must be issued no later than four months after the end of their financial years, which run on a calendar basis for all bar SSE, which uses April to March.

Five of the Big Six have now issued their segmental financial statements for 2018, as we discuss in this week’s Chart of the Week. 

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