Big Six

The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. Picture: Eamonn McGoldrick

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Who are the Big 6 energy companies in the UK? What is the energy price cap and does it impact the UK's largest suppliers? (Image credit: Industrial Photo/Getty Images/pixabay via Canva)

Who are the Big Six and what is the energy price cap?

Perth-headquartered SSE is one of the biggest players in the UK's renewables energy sector. Picture: Stuart Hatch

Perth energy giant SSE plays down talk of imminent break-up

Utility giant SSE plans to treble its production of renewable energy by 2030. Picture: Contributed

Staff integration work still to be done as Ovo completes takeover of Perth-based...

SSE plans to treble its production of renewable energy by 2030. Picture: Contributed

SSE sharpens focus after watchdog clears Ovo Energy deal

ScottishPower customers had to wait for an average of 21 minutes.

ScottishPower customers forced to wait for 21 minutes to speak to advisor

The UK remains a world leader in cutting greenhouse gases.

Ofgem: UK progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions has slowed

SSE boss Alistair Phillips-Davies welcomed the deal with Ovo. Picture: Contributed

Thousands of jobs transfer as SSE seals £500m sale of energy services arm

The Big Six energy company is one of the UK's biggest investors in renewable power. Picture: John Devlin

Perth-based utility giant SSE confirms Ovo talks

Group-wide, Iberdrola posted a 16.6 per cent rise in net profits. Picture: Iberdrola.

Energy price cap and loss of customers hit ScottishPower

SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies said the group 'has a large pipeline of opportunities' in its renewables arm. Picture: John Devlin

SSE sheds half a million customers as profits slump

Energy bills are set to soar from Monday as the Big Six raise their prices.

Energy bills to be hiked by more than £1 billion - from tomorrow

One in ten pensioners are suffering from health problems as a result of limiting their heating.

Older people forced to ration energy after price cap fails to work

Older people are forced to ration their energy.

Older people forced to ration energy use

The 'big six' will all raise prices.

SSE completes full set of Big Six energy price rises as consumers face £1.3bn bo...

ScottishPower now generates 100 per cent of its electricity from wind power. Picture: Andy Dysart/PA Wire

Scottish Power has trebled annual profits

SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies: 'not an easy decision to make'. Picture: Contributed

SSE calls off merger with Npower

ScottishPower has switched to 100 per cent green energy following the sale of its last gas and hydro plants. Picture: John Devlin

Leader comment: Scotland's beauty must be preserved amid green energy boom

Alistair Phillips-Davies, chief executive of SSE: 'This is a complex transaction'. Picture: Contributed

Utility giant SSE cleared for tie-up with Npower

SSE boss Alistair Phillips-Davies welcomed the news. Picture: Contributed

Provisional green light for SSE tie-up with Npower

British Gas is paying out Â£2.65 million over exit fees and overcharging. Picture: John Devlin

British Gas pays out compensation after '˜failing' customers

ScottishPower is raising the cost of its standard variable gas and electrcity tariff by 3.7 per cent. Picture: PA Wire

ScottishPower to raise energy bills for 900,000 households

David Pike and Karin Sode, co-founders of Peoples Energy. Picture: contributed.

10,000 customers move to '˜democratic' energy firm

The SSE Hydro In Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

SSE ordered to pay Â£1m for sending inaccurate information to customers

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Energy bills set to go through the roof as fixed tariffs end

The merger between energy giants could lead to higher prices for some households. Picture: John Devlin

Merger of energy giants '˜could lead to increase in bills'

Anger as British Gas announces energy price increase. Picture: TSPL

Scottish Power to hike energy prices for 1 million customers

BT is hiring more apprentices. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Spark signals jobs boost as BT hires more apprentices

Postcode lottery for energy switching deals

The new energy price cap could save families Â£100 a year

Energy firms urged by government to support new price cap

The energy price cap is aimed at ending the "two tier system".

UK Government writes letter to energy firms to urge support for price cap

Our Power customer Sheena MacVicar and founding chief executive Dawn Muspratt.

Picture: Chris James

New green energy deal to help ease fuel poverty

ScottishPower scored 70.6 per cent for customer service, the top perfomer of the Big Six. Picture: contributed

Scottish Power '˜best for value' in new annual energy report

British Gas trades as Scottish Gas north of the Border. Picture: John Devlin

Utility giant Centrica sees shares lose spark

Scottish Gas parent Centrica is the latest to ditch expensive rate. Picture: Getty

Scottish Gas to scrap its standard tariff for customers

The government has announced a cap on poor value standard variable or other default tariffs, initially until the end of 2020 and possibly until the end of 2023. Picture; PA

Energy price cap '˜could last until 2023'

SSE will use the bond proceeds to refinance its wind farm portfolio. Picture: John Devlin

SSE launches record '˜green bond' to tackle climate change

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British Gas hits customers with 12.5%

ScottishPower and SSE are facing tough competition from smaller rivals. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

'˜Big six' energy firms SSE and ScottishPower shed customers

ScottishPower said 2016 had been a 'challenging year'. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

ScottishPower knocked by weather as customers decline

Npowers gas and electricity prices are both set to rise. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Npower slammed for hiking energy prices by almost 10%
Npower has come under fire from the government and energy regulator after announcing plans to hike gas and electricity prices by 9.8 per cent '“ a move that wil...

David Pike and Karin Sode, a couple fed up with the performance of energy suppliers who are launching a crowdfunding campaign to start their own company. Picture; PA

Crowdfunded energy firm plans to take on the Big Six

Karin Sode and David Pike, founders of Our Energy PICTURE: OurEnergy/PA Wire

Scottish couple's crowdfunding takes on Big Six energy firms

Suppliers have been given until Friday to identify how many of their customers are affected. Picture: PA

Hundreds of energy customers overpaid after meter error

ScottishPower says underlying earnings from the retail supply business fell 8.6 per cent in the first six months of the year. Picture: Michael Gillen

Fines for poor service and milder weather hit ScottishPower profits

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East Lothian couple in bid to challenge Big Six power firms

Suppliers were instructed to simplify confusing tariffs

Consumers still confused by energy bills after reforms

Which? has warned that people are missing out on saving up to Â£400 a year by not switching energy supplier. Picture: PA

Consumers urged to switch '˜as millions pay too much for energy'

Profits have surged at the residential arm of Scottish Gas owner Centrica. Pictuire: John Devlin

Profits surge at Scottish Gas owner's residential arm

Savings on gas bills fall short of expectations. Picture: John Devlin

British Gas and EDF price cut falls short of expectations

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Customers turned off by Big Six energy companies

Watchdog Ofgem says it is fully behind getting people engaging in this market and getting people on the best deal. Picture: John Kelly

Pressure mounts on '˜Big Six' energy firms to cut bills

Paul Massara. Picture: PA

Big Six power giant parts company with chief exec

Prices will fall for those who use British Gas. Picture: John Devlin

British Gas finally cuts prices for families

The advert was ruled to be 'misleading'. Picture: PA

Scottish Power ad banned over misleading claims

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