Big Six energy giant SSE has been fined £1 million for issuing inaccurate and misleading annual statements to pre-payment meter customers between 2014 and 2015, regulator Ofgem has announced.
Millions of energy customers have been urged to switch suppliers or at least tariffs to save more than £400 a year before the latest round of price hikes comes into effect.
Profits at energy giant SSE took a knock last year as it lost 430,000 customers and was stung by charges linked to the merger of its retail arm with rival Npower.
Energy firms including Shell, Orsted and Scottish Power have signed up to a new initiative to increase the number of women in senior and middle management roles in the sector.
The deal to merge Npower and SSE's retail operations has been referred for a full investigation after the two energy giants failed to address concerns, the competition watchdog has announced.
Scottish energy minister Paul Wheelhouse has announced a Moray Firth wind development contract between Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm and Scottish firm Windhoist Group at All-Energy conference in Glasgow today.
The competition watchdog is considering referring the proposed merger between energy giants Npower and SSE for an in-depth investigation, but has given the two firms until May 3 to offer measures to address its concerns.
The Scottish division of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has hit out against a study published today on the risk to seabirds through collision with offshore wind turbines, calling the findings a "very optimistic interpretation of data".
Energy giant SSE is offering £600,000 to community projects in the Highlands and Moray in the latest distribution of cash from the £3million “partnership” fund associated with its development of the Beatrice offshore windfarm.
Scottish Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has announced its intention to hold two consultation meetings to engage with the public and stakeholders in Stornoway over the viability of a renewable energy connection to the UK mainland.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has submitted a case to Ofgem for the renewable energy connection of the Orkney islands to the mainland.
A move by SSE and the owner of NPower to merge their operations and create a new UK energy supplier is to be investigated by Britain’s competition watchdog.
More than one in five energy customers are now with small and medium-sized suppliers as the “big six” see their market share fall to a record low, Ofgem figures show.