The Big Six is the largest energy supplier in the United Kingdom, supplying gas and electricity. The Big Six is ​​British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, Npower, Scottish Power, and SSE. SSE and Npower announced their business merger in 2017, which, if approved by the Competition and the Market Authority, will reduce the Big Six to five.
In Q3 2017, Big Six holds a combined market share of 81% for power supplies and 80% for gas supplies in the UK. Big Six previously held a combined market share in both markets 100% in 2004.
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Investigation ofgem
In June 2014, the energy watchdog Ofgem referred the energy industry to the Competition and the Market Authority (CMA). The 18-month investigation is to conclude whether the sixth has profited profits and should be broken down.
Alternative to Big Six
In December 2014, Utilities Warehouse, part of the company listed on the FTSE 250 Telecom Plus became the largest independent energy supplier in the UK through a £ 218m deal to buy 770,000 existing customers from npower. In September 2014, First Utility announced that it is the first independent utility supplier to reach the milestone of 1 million customer accounts for gas and electricity - equivalent to 550,000 customers, making it the seventh largest supplier of energy in Britain and the country's largest independent state. provider of energy. Since 2009, other migrants have entered the market including a number of new energy companies including Energy Economics, Ovo Energy, Good Energy, LoCO2 Energy, Energy Flow, Energy YÃÆ'¼, Spark Energy, the first cooperative supplier in the UK - The Co-operative Energy - in 2015, the first locally owned energy authority since 1948 - Robin Hood Energy. Many of these newcomers see significant growth in subscriber numbers, in part because of their greater commitment to renewable energy and, in the case of The Co-op, community renewable energy projects.
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