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The company, which was founded in 2015 and based in Bath, England, supplied electricity and gas to domestic customers in the UK. It ceased trading on 13 October 2021 following BP's withdrawal of support. On 17 October, Ofgem appointed Shell Energy (a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell) as the new supplier of Pure Planet's customers. [2]
The Big Six were the United Kingdom's largest retail suppliers of gas and electricity, who dominated the market following liberalisation in the late 1990s. By 2002, six companies – British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, RWE npower, Scottish Power and SSE – had emerged from the 15 former incumbent monopoly suppliers (the 14 regional public electricity suppliers and British Gas).
100Green was ranked No.1 'Best Buy' by Ethical Consumer Magazine, 2021 and continues to be ranked a top 'Best Buy' in 2023–2024. [ 11 ] 100Green tops the Good Shopping Guide ratings table of ethical energy suppliers as of 2023, being just one of two suppliers to achieve the full ethical accreditation in 2023 [ citation needed ] .
The electricity retail business was initially sold to British Energy in June 1999 [15] and then again in 2000 to Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE plc). During 2020, SSE's retail business was sold to Ovo Energy. [10] The distribution network was ultimately acquired by Western Power Distribution during September 2000. [16]
OVO Energy is a major energy supplier based in Bristol, England. It was founded by Stephen Fitzpatrick and began trading energy in September 2009, buying and selling electricity and gas to supply domestic properties throughout the UK.
However, later in the same month, energy regulator Ofgem criticised the company for failing to take action on customer's direct debit problems. [ 6 ] In December 2022, Ofgem served the company with a notice of failure to comply with a confirmed Provisional Order within the meaning of section 25 of the Electricity Act 1989 and section 28 of the ...
In addition to Utilita Energy, Luxion Group companies include Procode and Canary Care. [9] In 2024, Procode acquired Trust Power, developer of the Loop home energy efficiency app. [10] Trust Power was founded in 2016 by Roy Bedlow, a UK-based entrepreneur and founder of the renewable energy generation company Low Carbon. [11]
Renewable energy companies of the United Kingdom (4 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Energy companies of the United Kingdom" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.