Breeze Energy enters administration

Breeze Energy, a gas and electricity supplier with just under 18,000 domestic customers is ceasing to trade.

Under Ofgem’s safety net, the energy supply of Breeze Energy’s customers will continue and outstanding credit balances of domestic customers will be protected.

Ofgem will choose a new supplier to take on all of Breeze Energy’s customers. This supplier will contact these customers shortly after being appointed.

Philippa Pickford, Ofgem’s director for future retail markets, said “Breeze Energy customers do not need to worry, as under our safety net we’ll make sure your energy supplies are secure and domestic customers’ credit balances are protected.”

“Ofgem will now choose a new supplier for you and whilst we’re doing this our advice is to ‘sit tight’ and don’t switch. You can rely on your energy supply as normal. We will update you when we have chosen a new supplier, who will then get in touch about your new tariff.”

Commenting on the collapse of Breeze Energy, Peter Earl, Head of Energy at comparethemarket.com, said “Ofgem urgently need to stem the burst main of supplier failures. Breeze is the 15^th domestic supplier to fail since the start of 2018, but without more stringent checks on suppliers there will likely be a further collapse in the near future. With more than one million households affected by supplier failures,”

“Ofgem’s proposed improved financial checks and more rigorous testing for existing energy providers cannot be implemented soon enough. With just a week to go before Christmas, Breeze Energy customers can take some comfort that they will still be able to turn the lights and heating on, with Ofgem taking immediate action to appoint a new supplier.”