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5corpio started a blog post British Gas fined £1m by Ofgem for misreporting
1 July 2011, 16:42

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British Gas fined £1m by Ofgem for misreporting

British Gas fined £1m by Ofgem for misreporting

Originally posted by 5corpio

Energy regulator Ofgem has fined British Gas £1m for misreporting how much electricity it supplied. This affected its target under the government's programme for supplying electricity from renewable sources.

The error was made over seven years by British Gas Business, which supplies the company's business customers.
Ofgem said British Gas Business had underestimated the total amount of electricity it sold by 0.6% a year from 2001-02 to 2008-09.

British Gas said it had brought the error to Ofgem's attention.
'Insufficient procedures' The misreporting relates to the government's Renewables Obligation programme, which requires energy suppliers to provide evidence of the amount of electricity supplied from renewable...Read more on this Story: BBC News - British Gas fined Â£1m by Ofgem for misreporting
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  British Gas fined for breaking green energy rules
  
  British Gas will have to hand the energy regulator more than £4m in fines and repayments after breaking the rules on getting energy from green sources....Read more on this story: CLICK HERE
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