'Tough but fair': Ofgem outlines rules for next wave of grid investment
Distribution network operators to face strengthened cost controls and financial penalties if they fail to meet expectations, as delivery of new projects accelerates
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Distribution network operators to face strengthened cost controls and financial penalties if they fail to meet expectations, as delivery of new projects accelerates
On 15 April 2026, Ofgem published a letter to all wholesale energy market participants and other interested parties setting out its concerns regarding the use of thresholds for the...
Ofgem launches £500m innovation challenges
On 22 April 2026, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) announced proposals to “transform” Ofgem’s role and powers to strengthen protections for energy consumers....
Ofgem has closed an investigation into British Gas and the treatment of vulnerable customers with prepayment meters.
Ofgem unlocks early funding for grid build
RIIO-3 innovation funding to focus on accelerating industrial and business grid connections and enabling plug-and-play for domestic clean technologies
British Gas has agreed to pay a £20million penalty to settle an investigation into the forced fitting of prepayment meters.
BRITISH Gas has agreed to a £20 million payout and to compensate customers who had a prepayment meter installed without their permission, regulator Ofgem has said following an inve...
The regulator say the energy supplier breached licence conditions aimed at protecting customers in vulnerable situations.
Redress for force-fitting devices in homes includes £20m penalty and £70m of debt write-offsThousands of British Gas customers who had prepayment meters force-fitted in their homes...
Margaret Beveridge has been hit with the fee after regulators claimed her windows don't match the type she declared when receiving a grant for a new heating system nearly a decade...
Ofgem confirms average gas bills are set to rise higher than electricity bills under the new price cap, as domestic renewables capacity continues to reduce reliance on expensive fo...
Changes designed to unclog bottlenecks in the long queue for securing a grid connection in Britain have 'created a clearer and more credible pipeline', Ofgem and the government cla...
Acquisition would result in combined company serving about 9.6 million households if given regulatory approvalBusiness live – latest updatesThe German energy group E.ON has agreed...
Reforms to renewables subsidy regime aims to help curb electricity costs, but some experts argue market shake-up still leaves gas playing a key role in setting power prices
Germany's Eon has agreed to acquire Ovo's retail arm in a deal valued at up to £600m, creating the UK's largest energy supplier with 9.6 million customers and overtaking Octopus En...
UK to launch Wholesale Contracts for Difference
OFGEM has announced it is raising its price cap to £1862 per year for a typical dual fuel household, up £221 or 13% on current levels ...
German energy giant Eon has confirmed it will buy challenger Ovo in a deal that will create Britain's largest energy supplier.
Ofgem will raise the energy price cap by 13 per cent from July due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the regulator has announced ...
Combined firms set to become UK's largest retail energy supplier and ramp up efforts to deliver flexible grid services and domestic clean technologies
E.ON has announced plans to acquire UK energy supplier OVO, subject to regulatory approval - here is how it will impact existing customers.
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