Utilities: Insolvency
(asked on 16th December 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the number of customers whose energy supplier has closed since August 2021 in (a) each English region, and (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland.
The Government and Ofgem strive for orderly market exits and that customers are protected, with their supply uninterrupted. The available data the Government can share on the number of customers whose energy supplier has exited the market since the beginning of August 2021 is in the table below. Government does not hold regional customer data.
Company | Date | Customers transferred |
Hub Energy | 9 August | c. 6,000 domestic, c.9,000 non-domestic |
MoneyPlus Energy | 7 September | c. 9,000 domestic |
PFP Energy | 7 September | c. 82,000 domestic, c. 5,600 non-domestic |
Utility Point | 14 September | c. 220,000 domestic |
People’s Energy | 14 September | c. 350,000 domestic, c.1,000 non-domestic |
Green Supplier Limited | 22 September | c. 255,000 domestic, non-domestic |
Avro Energy | 22 September | c. 580,000 domestic |
Symbio Energy | 29 September | c. 48,000 domestic, non-domestic |
Igloo Energy | 29 September | c. 179,000 domestic |
ENSTROGA | 29 September | c. 6,000 domestic |
Colorado Energy | 13 October | c. 15,000 domestic |
Pure Planet | 13 October | c. 235,000 domestic |
Daligas | 14 October | c. 9,000 domestic & non-domestic |
GOTO Energy | 18 October | c. 22,000 domestic |
Bluegreen Energy Services Limited | 1 November | c. 5,900 domestic, non-domestic |
Ampoweruk Ltd | 2 November | c. 600 domestic, c.2,000 non-domestic |
Zebra Power Limited | 2 November | c. 14,800 domestic |
MA Energy Limited | 2 November | c. 300 non-domestic |
Omni Energy Limited | 2 November | c. 6,000 domestic |
CNG Energy Limited | 3 November | c. 41,000 non-domestic |
Social Energy Supply Ltd | 16 November | c. 5,500 domestic |
Neon Reef Limited | 16 November | c. 30,000 domestic |
Orbit Energy Limited | 25 November | c. 65,000 domestic |
Entice Energy | 25 November | c. 5,400 domestic |
Zog Energy Limited | 1 December | c. 11,700 domestic |