The government is reportedly exploring rescue plans that would not involve Treasury bailout for struggling energy suppliers

The regulator said Economy Energy agreed the sale of around 30,000 customers to E last month but failed to notify Ofgem about it when the company stopped trading

Energy supplier E is to pay £260,000 for failing to ensure its sales agents were transparent or had sufficient background checks. Ofgem found sales representatives for E contracted by third party agency Energy Watch UK were “misleading” in their approach as they failed to tell potential customers they were working on behalf of the supplier. […]

Ofgem has launched an investigation into a gas and electricity supplier based in Birmingham. E (Gas and Electricity) is a medium-sized supplier that supplies electricity and gas to customers, predominately those on pre-payment meters. The regulator will examine E’s marketing, sales and switching practices in order to know if it breached conditions which require suppliers […]