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British Gas (trading as Scottish Gas in Scotland [2] [3] [4]) is an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom. It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica . [ 5 ]
Scottish Friendly: Financials Full line insurance Glasgow: 1862 Insurance and friendly society: P A Scottish Power: Utilities Multiutilities Glasgow: 1990 Gas and electricity, part of Iberdrola (Spain) P A Scottish Water: Utilities Water Dunfermline: 2002 Public water utility owned by the Scottish Government S A Scottish Widows: Financials ...
It is the largest supplier of gas to domestic customers in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest suppliers of electricity, operating under the trading names British Gas in England and Wales, Scottish Gas in Scotland, and Phoenix Gas in Northern Ireland. [4] [5] It owns Bord Gáis Energy in the Republic Of Ireland. The company also provides ...
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The Big Six were the United Kingdom's largest retail suppliers of gas and electricity, who dominated the market following liberalisation in the late 1990s. By 2002, six companies – British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, RWE npower, Scottish Power and SSE – had emerged from the 15 former incumbent monopoly suppliers (the 14 regional public electricity suppliers and British Gas).
The North Sea oil and gas industry contributed £35 billion to the UK economy (a little under 1% of GDP) in 2014 and is expected to decline in the coming years. [12] The Scottish Government recognise that the North Sea "basin is mature and oil and gas production will inevitably decline".
SGN (previously Scotia Gas Networks) is a British gas distribution company. It manages natural and green gas distribution networks in Scotland and in the south of England. [2] As of 2014/15 SGN operates more than 44,000 miles (71,000 km) of pipes. In the same period, SGN spent £500 million on upgrading the network. [3]
This is a list of British natural gas companies. Exploration and production: Cuadrilla Resources; IGas Energy; Utilities: British Gas (also uses Scottish Gas and Nwy Prydain brands) (parent company Centrica) EDF Energy (parent of London Energy, Seeboard and SWEB Energy) Npower (parent company RWE) Powergen Retail (parent Company E.ON)