Ovo joins calls for overhaul of household energy standing charges Ofgem recently announced that firms can raise standing charges from 82p a day to 83p from October 1. The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023
Ofgem orders Ovo to improve customer service after ‘serious concerns’ raised Energy regulator tells third largest UK supplier to take action after being alerted to handling of complaints The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023
Ofgem forces Ovo Energy to improve ‘serious’ customer complaints backlog Ovo Energy has been ordered to improve its customer service following “serious concerns” about its unresolved complaints and waiting times. The National (Scotland) · Aug 21, 2023
Flying taxi owned by Ovo Energy billionaire Stephen Fitzpatrick crashes in Cotswolds A flying taxi owned by UK-born billionaire and Ovo Energy chief Stephen Fitzpatrick has crashed during a test run in the Cotswolds, according to reports. Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2023
E.ON’s prepayment meter forced us out of our home Every time we topped up, we were paying down some of the previous tenant’s debt, so we couldn’t afford to heat our flat The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023
All of the fixed-rate energy deals right now - OVO, EON, British Gas, EDF & more Ofgem's energy price cap has recently been reintroduced - prompting a number of suppliers to bring back cheaper fixed-rate reals which went missing after the global energy crisis. Chronicle Live · Jul 5, 2023
Full list of fixed rate energy deals available right now including Octopus, EDF and Ovo The reintroduction of Ofgem's price cap has prompted some suppliers to bring back cheaper fixed deals -most of them for existing customers - which disappeared following the energy crisis Daily Mirror · Jul 5, 2023
Electric company scrambles to fix Perthshire 90-year-old's floor-level meter after six months of turning a blind eye Charles (90) had no option but to get down on the floor or ask for help to view the numbers on his electricity meter's display after a bizarre installation move by supplier OVO, for which the company has now said sorry. Daily Record · Jun 29, 2023
Martin Lewis' MSE warning to British Gas, E.On, So and Ovo customers The Ofgem price cap is set to fall from July 1 Liverpool Echo · Jun 19, 2023
Warning against using fans during heatwave as keeping cool costs 75 per cent more Energy prices have soared over the past two years Wales Online · Jun 8, 2023
Energy and broadband firm puts itself up for sale - affecting nearly two MILLION customers Shell launched into the home energy supply market in 2018 after taking over First Utility and rebranding the business to Shell Energy Retail - it currently has around 1.4million customers Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2023
What to do if your energy provider miscalculates your bills Ovo Energy has wrongly hit customers with bills of hundreds of thousands of pounds Evening Standard · May 26, 2023
Customers blast Ovo Energy for locking them out of their accounts until the end of the year Ovo Energy says migration to new website only affects 'a small number' of account holders Chronicle Live · May 21, 2023
Parties, power, racing: meet Ovo’s Stephen Fitzpatrick, the man who would be Richard Branson He emulates the Virgin founder’s freewheeling portfolio career. But he is also the tycoon behind a major UK power supplier dealing with an energy crisis. Is he spreading himself too thin? The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023
Chronicle Live · May 19, 2023 Ovo and Good Energy set to pay out £2.7m for overcharging customers Suppliers charged families more than permitted for their gas and electricity under the price cap or the Energy Price Guarantee
Birmingham Post · May 19, 2023 The Sunday Times Rich List 2023: The wealthiest people in the South West named Sir James Dyson tops this year's list with Ovo founder being this year's highest climber in the region
Belfast Live · May 19, 2023 Northern Ireland's richest person revealed as 2023 Sunday Times Rich List is published The Sunday Times Rich list was published on Friday, placing Stephen Fitzpatrick as the wealthiest in NI
Insider UK · May 19, 2023 Ovo and Good Energy to pay £4 million compensation for overcharging customers The average amount paid to Good Energy customers will be £109, while Ovo customers will receive around £181
Birmingham Post · May 18, 2023 South West energy firms to pay £4m compensation for overcharging customers Energy regulator Ofgem has said that Ovo Energy and Good Energy have overcharged almost 18,000 households
Liverpool Echo · May 18, 2023 Thousands of people to get £180 from energy providers Two energy firms have had to pay out compensation after overcharging customers
The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2023 Ovo and Good Energy ordered to pay £4m compensation after overcharging About 18,000 households could receive refunds of up to £181 on electricity and gas bills
Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023 Ovo Energy and Good Energy to pay out £2.7million to thousands of customers It comes after some households were charged above the maximum rates allowed under either the Ofgem price cap or the Government Energy Price Guarantee
The National (Scotland) · May 18, 2023 Two major energy suppliers ordered to give thousands of customers up to £180 refund Ovo Energy and Good Energy will pay compensation to around 18,000 households after Ofgem found customers had been overcharged
Manchester Evening News · May 18, 2023 18,000 households to receive £4m in energy bills compensation Ovo Energy and Good Energy customers will receive a significant amount of compensation
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023 SSE and Ovo: prepay meter pain and distressing demands One reader says SSE takes 70% off every time they top up their meter, while another gets erroneous Ovo payment letters