Osborne says huge SSE fine is “quite right”
The Chancellor George Osborne weighed in on the issue of misselling energy tariffs yesterday by declaring it was “quite right” the supplier SSE was penalised a record amount by Ofgem. Yesterday the...
View ArticleBlog: Is Ofgem finally showing some grit?
Ofgem has finally managed to get its act together. It has imposed the largest ever fine worth a staggering £10.5 million to energy supplier SSE. Why? Because the company breached numerous rules when...
View ArticleEx-SSE sales rep ‘spills the beans on mis-selling’
A former SSE sales employee appears to have spilled the beans on the energy supplier’s dodgy practices when trying to get consumers to switch to their tariffs. Ofgem yesterday slammed a £10.5 million...
View ArticleSubsea cable sought for remote Scottish renewables
A Scottish energy provider wants to build a subsea cable so it can transmit renewable energy from the remote far north of Scotland to the rest of the country. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission –...
View ArticleSSE bosses should hand back bonus says Labour
The four bosses at energy supplier SSE who took home bonuses totalling £5.38million should hand them back and bring energy bills down. That’s the demand of the Labour Party which has criticised the...
View ArticleEd Davey ‘disappointed’ energy firms failed efficiency targets
Energy Secretary Ed Davey said he is “disappointed” that six energy firms did not meet the efficiency targets set by the Government last year. British Gas, SSE and Scottish Power were among the...
View ArticleEnergy firms pledge to meet remaining efficiency targets
Energy companies that failed to meet the Government’s efficiency targets by the end of last year have pledged to work towards achieving them. DECC had set the targets under two schemes – the Community...
View ArticleSSE to build £30m Scottish hydropower plant
Energy supplier SSE has confirmed it will build a £30 million hydropower plant in Ross-shire in northern Scotland. The 7.5MW Glasa scheme is expected to be completed by the end of 2015 and when fully...
View ArticleSSE to invest £200m in Scottish wind farm project
Power supplier SSE has agreed to buy a wind farm project near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, in which it plans to invest around £200 million. The energy company acquired the 33-turbine Dunmaglass...
View ArticleSSE profits rise and warns of more energy price hikes
Energy supplier SSE has announced a rise in profits for the last 12 months due to the prolonged cold weather despite disruption to its services and a fine from regulators. Its year-on-year profits rose...
View ArticleWould you and your neighbour like a ‘free’ electric car?
Would you like to drive an electric car without having to fork out the cash? Do you wish you had the chance to trial one and see what the fuss is all about? If your answer is yes, this new programme...
View ArticleSSE boss named new Energy Institute President
The Chief Executive of Scottish power supplier SSE has been appointed as the new President of an energy industry body. Ian Marchant (pictured) has voluntarily taken the new role at the Energy Institute...
View ArticleScottish communities getting £5m from wind farm operators
Communities across Scotland are now receiving £5 million a year from onshore wind farm operators, according to new figures. The Scottish Government Register of Community Benefit from Renewables was...
View ArticleSSE hopes to snip distribution costs by 10%
SSE is hoping to snip its distribution costs for supplying customers in central southern England and the north of Scotland by 10% in 2015. The supplier’s power distribution business SSEPD sent the...
View ArticleOfgem consults on £205m Scottish coastal electricity upgrades
Energy regulator Ofgem is consulting on plans to upgrade a stretch of the electricity network on the Scottish coast for £205million. This is one of several new projects due to be considered by Ofgem...
View ArticleSSE complains of “yoyo” Northern Ireland electricity prices
Consumers in Northern Ireland have faced yoyo electricity prices leading to “double-digit swings” in bills. That’s the complaint from Scottish supplier SSE which runs Airtricity, Northern Ireland’s...
View ArticleBritain opens world’s second largest offshore wind farm
A 500MW offshore wind farm – the second largest in the world after the London Array in the Thames Estuary – has officially been opened today. Located 23 kilometre off the coast of Suffolk, the £1.3...
View ArticleEx-SSE boss joins energy app-making start-up
The ex-chief executive of Scottish energy firm SSE has joined the board of a technology start-up which has made an energy-related app. Ian Marchant is putting cash into the Stirling-based firm Linknode...
View ArticleUK’s first large scale grid battery powered in Orkney
The UK’s first large-scale battery has been connected to the local electricity distribution network in Orkney. The project is part of a trial that aims to find how the intermittent nature of renewable...
View ArticleDomino effect: SSE latest to scrap energy contract rollovers
SSE is scrapping a system where it automatically rolls over energy contracts for small businesses. Today it announced that from April 2014, companies with fewer than 10 employees which use less than a...
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