A company has been appointed to take on the 290,000 customers of an energy supply firm which has ceased trading. Regulator Ofgem has approved Ovo Energy’s takeover of Selkirk-based Spark Energy Supply Ltd. Ovo has also acquired Spark’s operating company – with more than 300 staff – and will retain the Spark Energy brand. Ofgem executive director Mary Starks said she was pleased with the deal and stressed that customers would stay on the same tariffs. “Their credit balances will be honoured and their energy supply will continue as normal,” she said.
BBC 27th Nov 2018 read more »
The collapse of Spark Energy has left customers of all other energy suppliers facing a bill of up to £50 million. The Selkirk-based company ceased trading on Friday and the energy regulator said yesterday that it had selected Ovo Energy to take on its 290,000 household customers.
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The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has teamed up with green energy provider Ecotricity, as part of a new campaign designed to make it easier for restaurants to switch to renewable energy supplies. The body, which works with over 8,000 member sites across the UK to encourage restaurants and food service businesses to embrace environmental best practices, yesterday hosted a roundtable with Ecotricity designed to provide food businesses with up to date information on how to secure credible green energy supplies.
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