Utilita Energy

The UK's lowest-income households will need an extra £593 this winter to avoid excess deaths as a result of fuel poverty, the CEO of one of the UK’s largest energy suppliers has suggested.

Energy supplier Utilita Energy has launched a new trial which enables customers to receive energy credits in exchange for avoiding or reducing energy usage during peak times this winter. If successful, the Power Payback feature will be made available to every Utilita household, helping to cut t

Households reliant on oven cooking could save up to £604 per year by switching to more energy-efficient cooking methods, according to new research by energy supplier Utilita. Joining together with frozen food specialist Iceland, the pair are embarking on a first-of-its-kind partnership, that a

Bill Bullen, the CEO of Utilita Energy, has written to every local authority in Great Britain asking them to invite residents due to receive the £150 council tax reduction to donate it, where possible, to National Energy Action (NEA England and Wales) or Energy Action Scotland (EAS) to help th

Eildon Group is delighted to hear that it has been successful in its application for funds from the ‘Community Fund’ from Utilita – a smart Pay as You Go Energy provider – to support ongoing work at its Borders Community Food Hub. At the start of the pandemic in 2020, the Eil

Energy supplier Utilita has refuted a suggestion by industry regulator Ofgem that the company is failing to act on smart meters as "grossly unfair". Last week Ofgem announced that Utilita Energy Limited could be banned from taking on new customers as the regulator consultd on iss

Utilita has agreed to pay £500,000 in redress fees for overcharging almost 40,000 of its prepayment customers by over £125,000. Around 6,600 prepayment customers were overcharged by around £22,700 above the prepayment price cap. Around 33,000 customers were overcharged by a total o

Ofgem has opened an investigation into Utilita’s compliance with the pre-payment meter price cap and has issued Gnergy Ltd with a notice of failure to comply with a final order over unpaid Renewables Obligation payments. Ofgem launched the investigation into Utilita to determine whether it bro

Energy watchdog Ofgem has fined Utilita Energy £175,000 after the provider failed to meet its carbon reduction obligations under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme between 2015 and 2018.