Solarplicity energy supply business collapses amid Ofgem row

Madeleine Cuff
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Clean electricity specialist was reprimanded earlier this year by Ofgem for unpaid renewable energy subsidies and poor customer service

Solarplicity's energy supply business collapsed yesterday amid an escalating row with regulator Ofgem, with the supplier's chief executive David Elbourne declaring there is "no viable future as a small-scale...

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