Ofgem appoints SoLRs for customers of CNG, MA Energy, Omni Energy, Zebra, AmPower & Bluegreen

dbks

CNG -> Pozitive Energy
Omni -> Utilita
MA Energy -> SmartestEnergy Business Limited
Zebra -> British Gas
AmPower -> Yü Energy
Bluegreen -> British Gas


All effective from yesterday, 7th November 2021


https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/ofgem-appoints-new-suppliers-customers-cng-energy-and-cng-electricity-ma-energy-omni-energy-bluegreen-energy-zebra-power-and-ampower

doodling

Now that they've dealt with the SoLRs for those, there are the other suppliers that hadn't met their RO payments as at 31/10:

• Whoop Energy
• Delta Gas and Power
• Entice Energy
• Neon Reef
• Together Energy

Any bets as to whether any of these will be able to reach far enough down the back of their sofa to find the necessary change?

macman

If none of these have yet paid up, are Ofgem going to put their money where their mouth is and withdraw their licenses, as they said they would?  
If not, they're going to look utterly toothless.

dbks

doodling said:

Now that they've dealt with the SoLRs for those, there are the other suppliers that hadn't met their RO payments as at 31/10:

• Whoop Energy
• Delta Gas and Power
• Entice Energy
• Neon Reef
• Together Energy

Any bets as to whether any of these will be able to reach far enough down the back of their sofa to find the necessary change?

Here's a thread I made for you (and everyone else) earlier on that topic

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6308291/neon-reef-ordered-to-pay-350k-by-sunday-31-oct-2021

Please try to keep threads on topic

Xbigman

dbks said:

CNG -> Pozitive Energy
Omni -> Utilita
MA Energy -> SmartestEnergy Business Limited
Zebra -> British Gas
AmPower -> Yü Energy
Bluegreen -> British Gas


All effective from yesterday, 7th November 2021


https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/ofgem-appoints-new-suppliers-customers-cng-energy-and-cng-electricity-ma-energy-omni-energy-bluegreen-energy-zebra-power-and-ampower

Wow, those are some small suppliers acting as SoLR. Are OFGEM getting desperate? And how will it look if a small SoLR goes under?

To be continued...



Darren

Liku

Xbigman said:

dbks said:

CNG -> Pozitive Energy
Omni -> Utilita
MA Energy -> SmartestEnergy Business Limited
Zebra -> British Gas
AmPower -> Yü Energy
Bluegreen -> British Gas


All effective from yesterday, 7th November 2021


https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/ofgem-appoints-new-suppliers-customers-cng-energy-and-cng-electricity-ma-energy-omni-energy-bluegreen-energy-zebra-power-and-ampower

Wow, those are some small suppliers acting as SoLR. Are OFGEM getting desperate? And how will it look if a small SoLR goes under?

I was thinking about that but then I wondered if they were business suppliers. A quick check and they do seem to be predominantly but I'm too tired to fully check.

Grumpy_chap

Deleted_User said:

Xbigman said:

Wow, those are some small suppliers acting as SoLR. Are OFGEM getting desperate? And how will it look if a small SoLR goes under?

That is mostly non-domestic customers being transferred to small suppliers. The domestic customers have gone to British Gas or Utilita, except for 600 going to Yü Energy (along with a larger number of non-domestic customers).

Ofgem should be checking that any supplier isn't about to go under before appointing them as a SoLR, including when it's "just" for a small number of business customers. It would be quite embarrassing for them if they got this wrong.

They are stuck between a rock and a hard place, though.  If all the failed companies only go to the Big 6 as SoLR, the remaining new entrants will state that is unfair and non-competitive.

[Deleted User]

Interesting that there MAY be some stable small companies out there, as switch options to the Big Five. Or is that presumption a massive stretch? More research required, obviously. 

By coincidence, I had noticed Utilita on one of the advertising backdrops that are used when the media interview football managers post match. 

[Deleted User]

On further investigation, the only real domestic suppliers in this group were

Omni 6000 (to Utilita)
Zebra 14800 (to British Gas)
Bluegreen 5900 (to British Gas)

So British Gas cops for another 20,000+ customers.