SSE Takes on Customers From Failed Supplier Brilliant Energy
March 14 2019 - 1:16PM
Dow Jones News
By Adam Clark
SSE PLC (SSE.LN) will take on around 17,000 customers from
failed supplier Brilliant Energy, the U.K. energy regulator Ofgem
said Thursday.
Brilliant Energy ceased to trade on Monday, becoming the third
supplier to cease trading in 2019. The customers passed on to SSE
include those supplied under a "white label" arrangement with
Northumbria Energy.
"As an established supplier, we're pleased to be able to meet
the long-term energy needs of customers affected by the closure of
Brilliant Energy. We would like to reassure any customers concerned
about their energy supply that there will be no interruptions to
their service," SSE Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Forbes
said.
Almost a dozen small U.K. suppliers have now collapsed in the
last 12 months, hit by rising wholesale energy prices. Efforts to
smooth the path for new entrants led to almost 70 suppliers
participating in the market but increasing numbers of failures have
also led to calls for stricter licensing from consumer charity
Citizens Advice.
Write to Adam Clark at adam.clark@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 14, 2019 13:01 ET (17:01 GMT)
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