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It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica. [5] Serving around ten million homes in the United Kingdom, British Gas was the largest electricity supplier in the country until 2024 when it was overtaken by Octopus Energy. [6] It remains the largest gas supplier.
The Council for Registered Gas Installers (CORGI) operates a voluntary registration scheme for gas installers in the United Kingdom.From 1991 to 2009 registration with CORGI was a legal requirement for gas operatives and businesses throughout the UK, and before April 2010 in Northern Ireland [1] and Guernsey.
GB Gas Holdings Limited, founded 1996, which holds British Gas (also known as Scottish Gas). [11] [12] [13] Centrica Hive Ltd, founded in 2007. [14] In 1998, Centrica's supplier monopoly for gas came to an end. Centrica maintained the British Gas retail brand but is only allowed to use this brand name in the United Kingdom.
United American partnered with Radio Shack to produce a secure custom modem for its TRS-80 computer that allowed bank customers to access their account information securely. Services available in its first years included bill pay, account balance checks, and loan applications, as well as game access, budget and tax calculators and daily newspapers.
Cadent Gas is a British regional gas distribution company that owns, operates and maintains the largest natural gas distribution network in the United Kingdom, transporting gas to 11 million homes and businesses across North West England, West Midlands, East Midlands, East of England and North London. [2]
From the early 19th century the gas supply industry in the United Kingdom was mainly operated by local authorities and private companies. [2] A flammable gas (known as "town gas" or "coal gas") was piped to commercial, domestic and industrial customers for use as a fuel and for lighting.
BP p.l.c. (formerly The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. and BP Amoco p.l.c.; stylised in all lowercase) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the oil and gas " supermajors " and one of the world's largest companies measured by revenues and profits. [ 3 ]
To encourage development of these technologies, feed-in tariffs pay the generator a certain amount – even for energy which the generator themselves consumes. [6] Electricity fed into the grid receives an additional export tariff. Costs for the programme are borne by all British electricity consumers proportionally.