Breeze Energy was a UK-based retail electricity and gas supplier specialising in
sustainable energy
Energy is sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Most definitions of sustainable energy include considerations of environmental aspects such as greenh ...
. It was established in April 2015, and supplied 18,000 customers. It was one of over 70 smaller energy companies competing with the "
Big Six energy suppliers
The Big Six were the United Kingdom's largest retail suppliers of gas and electricity, who dominated the market following liberalisation in the late 1990s. By 2002, six companies – British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, RWE npower, ScottishPower and ...
" which hold a large market share in the UK market. Breeze Energy ceased trading in December 2019, and
British Gas
British Gas (trading as Scottish Gas in Scotland) is an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom. It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica. Serving ...
was appointed by
Ofgem
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to take over the customer base through the Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) process.
Prior to failure, Breeze Energy were ranked by
Citizens Advice Bureau
Citizens AdviceCitizens Advice is the operating name of The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux which is the umbrella charity for a wider network of local advice centres. The abbreviation CitA is sometimes used to refer to this nation ...
top for customer service in their quarterly report.
Closure
In December 2019, Ofgem ordered Breeze Energy to pay £486,232.06 in Renewable Obligation taxes after it failed to demonstrate it had sourced enough electricity from renewable sources.
[{{Cite web, date=2019-10-31, title=Ofgem orders Breeze Energy to pay £486,232.06 including interest in Renewable Obligation, url=https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/ofgem-orders-breeze-energy-pay-48623206-including-interest-renewable-obligation, access-date=2020-10-26, website=Ofgem, language=en-gb] British Gas was appointed by Ofgem as the Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) for the 18,000 Breeze Energy customers.
References
Oil and gas companies of the United Kingdom
Energy companies of the United Kingdom