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Self-acclaimed as the UK’s "brightest energy company", Npower supplies more than 6.8 million customers.

RWE npower is the UK's largest electricity supplier, servicing around 6.8 million customers through its retail business npower. As well as managing a flexible portfolio of power stations, it is a market leader in renewable energy development through its wind and hydro business npower renewables. npower renewables is one of the UK's leading wind farm developers and operators, committed to developing and operating wind farms and hydro plant to produce sustainable and environmentally-friendly electricity.

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appalling billing confusion

Added 07/12/2010, reviewed by anonymous (grimsby)

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I have dealt with this company for my father and a friend and on both occassions they have been unable to sort out simple billing queries. My elderly father now pays his bill under another persons name as after 5 calls they cannot sort out a direct debit, a correct bill or a correct name!

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NIGHTMARE COMPANY

Added 06/12/2010, reviewed by anonymous (liverpool)

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I have had nothing but trouble since switching to n-power. They continuosly failed to take payments out which resulted in us ending up in debt with them. Numerous telephone calls were pointless, you would advise them that it was not possible to pay what they wanted from you and they would be very sympathetic and send you out a revised payment which was even higher than the first. I decided to pay the debt off as they were asking for a ridiculous amount a month but there is still no communication within the company and they have still taken out the full direct debit payment of 213.00 a mth although it should have actually dropped to 62.00 a month as the debt has been cleared. I am personally sick of banging my head against a brick wall with this company and have chosen to switch.

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Bills impossible to understand

Added 02/12/2010, reviewed by anonymous (Redditch)

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We cannot reconcile any of our bills to the amounts taken from our bank via direct debit. The gas and electricity summaries provided are impossible to understand, payments stated as taken are not itemised and bear no resemblance to the figures going out. In addition, several times we have been sent amended bills which make it impossible to work out whether they are correct or not, being for completely different dates. We have also just found we could be on a cheaper tariff with them with potential saving of £173 per year, but they have not let us know - doesn't exactly engender customer loyalty.

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Nice company to stay with

Added 01/12/2010, reviewed by Andrew (Cambridge)

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I've been through many companies over the years, and now happy to stay with npower as long as they can keep competitive. I don't buy into this saving hundreds of pounds rubbish - it's just a scam to keep the switching companies in business. The web site's really good with a lot of detail and it's still being developed further for more info. Got given a free electricity monitor which is really useful. Marked down for accuracy as one of their electric meter readings (by a contracted company) was misread. As I submit my own readings online every month their customer services picked it up, rang me straight away, verified my readings and amended my bill before it had had chance to be invoiced. Got an apology before I even knew they'd got something wrong so I reckon that's worth recognition

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Inaccessible online bills

Added 29/11/2010, reviewed by anonymous (Hickman)

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I was not able to monitor energy consumption online month by month. This is inconvenient as I cannot easily assess the benefits of changing supplier.

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npower - Price Change Indicator

See when npower changed their Gas & Electricity prices and by how much. Down arrows represent price drops and up arrows represent price increases.

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Various Gas Tariffs 5% Price Decrease Price Decrease 31/01/2012 01/02/2012 More Details
Bill Saver May 2013 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 23/01/2012 23/01/2012 More Details
Energy Discount December 2013 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 23/01/2012 23/01/2012 More Details
Go Fix 10 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 03/01/2012 28/12/2011 More Details
Sign Online 25 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 20/12/2011 19/12/2011 More Details
Football Online New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 19/10/2011 19/10/2011 More Details
Flex Saver Feb 2013 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 17/10/2011 17/10/2011 More Details
Go-Fix 8 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 26/09/2011 26/09/2011 More Details
Sign Online 24 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 26/09/2011 26/09/2011 More Details
Various Tariffs 15.7% Price Increase 7.2% Price Increase 18/08/2011 18/08/2011 More Details
Winter Fix New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 18/08/2011 18/08/2011 More Details
Go-Fix 7 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 08/08/2011 08/08/2011 More Details
Price Fix 2013 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 07/07/2011 07/07/2011 More Details
Sign Online 23 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 04/07/2011 04/07/2011 More Details
Football 45 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 13/06/2011 13/06/2011 More Details
Bill Saver New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 13/06/2011 13/06/2011 More Details
Price Protector New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 More Details
Go-Fix 6 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 09/05/2011 09/05/2011 More Details
SOL 22 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 11/04/2011 11/04/2011 More Details
Price Protector New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 07/03/2011 07/03/2011 More Details
Go-Fix 5 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 25/02/2011 25/02/2011 More Details
Football Saver 3 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 28/01/2011 31/01/2011 More Details
Trio New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 31/01/2011 31/01/2011 More Details
Various Tariffs Price Increase Price Increase 10/12/2010 04/01/2011 More Details
SOL 21 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 04/01/2011 04/01/2011 More Details
SOL 20 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 15/10/2010 15/10/2010 More Details
Juice Electricity New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 18/10/2010 15/10/2010 More Details
Price Fix 2012 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 24/09/2010 27/09/2010 More Details
Football Saver 2 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 24/09/2010 27/09/2010 More Details
Go Fix 3 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 13/08/2010 16/08/2010 More Details
SOL 19 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 02/07/2010 05/07/2010 More Details
Football Saver New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 22/06/2010 17/06/2010 More Details
Go Fix 2 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 29/04/2010 04/05/2010 More Details
Price Guarantee New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 07/04/2010 06/04/2010 More Details
SOL 18 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 01/04/2010 01/04/2010 More Details
Go Save Price Decrease Price Decrease 10/03/2010 10/03/2010 More Details
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Standard - No Stding Charge Price Decrease Price Decrease 10/03/2010 10/03/2010 More Details
Juice - No Stding Charge Price Decrease Price Decrease 10/03/2010 10/03/2010 More Details
National Trust - No Stding Charge Price Decrease Price Decrease 10/03/2010 10/03/2010 More Details
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National Trust Price Decrease Price Decrease 10/03/2010 10/03/2010 More Details
National Trust Green Energy Price Decrease Price Decrease 10/03/2010 10/03/2010 More Details
National Trust Green Energy - No Standing Charge Price Decrease Price Decrease 10/03/2010 10/03/2010 More Details
Web 17 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 11/12/2009 14/12/2009 More Details
Sign online 17 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 11/12/2009 14/12/2009 More Details
Go Save New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 04/12/2009 04/12/2009 More Details
Sign online 16 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 16/07/2009 20/07/2009 More Details
Web 16 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 16/07/2009 20/07/2009 More Details
Standard Price Decrease 7.2% Price Decrease 24/03/2009 16/03/2009 More Details
WEB 14 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 03/11/2008 03/11/2008 More Details
SOL 14 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 03/11/2008 03/11/2008 More Details
All Products 14% Price Increase 26% Price Increase 29/08/2008 29/08/2008 More Details
Price Protector New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 29/08/2008 29/08/2008 More Details
SOL 13 Price Increase Price Increase 29/08/2008 29/08/2008 More Details
SOL 12 Price Increase Price Increase 30/06/2008 30/06/2008 More Details
SOL 11 0% Price Decrease 6.2% Price Decrease 29/05/2008 29/05/2008 More Details
SOL 11 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 28/04/2008 28/04/2008 More Details
One Residential New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 14/04/2008 14/04/2008 More Details
Price Fix 2011 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 22/02/2008 22/02/2008 More Details
SOL10 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 18/02/2008 18/02/2008 More Details
National Trust Energy New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 14/01/2008 14/01/2008 More Details
All Products 17.2% Price Increase 12.7% Price Increase 04/01/2008 04/01/2008 More Details
SOL 9 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 17/12/2007 17/12/2007 More Details
SOL 8 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 24/08/2007 24/08/2007 More Details
All Products 16% Price Decrease 3% Price Decrease 26/03/2007 30/04/2007 More Details
Sign Online 6 (SOL 6) - Dual Fuel Only Price Decrease Price Decrease 19/02/2007 19/02/2007 More Details
Sign Online 6 (SOL 6) 7.4% Price Decrease 3.9% Price Decrease 31/01/2007 31/01/2007 More Details
Sign Online 7 (SOL 7) 17.2% Price Increase 9.9% Price Increase 23/10/2006 23/10/2006 More Details
All Products 17.2% Price Increase 9.9% Price Increase 08/09/2006 01/10/2006 More Details
Sign Online 6 (SOL 6) Price Increase Price Increase 25/08/2006 25/08/2006 More Details
Sign Online 4.02 (SOL 4.02) Price Increase Price Increase 01/07/2006 01/07/2006 More Details
All Products 15% Price Increase 13.4% Price Increase 11/03/2006 01/04/2006 More Details
Sign Online 3 (SOL 3) 13.7% Price Increase 12% Price Increase 14/11/2005 01/01/2006 More Details

Fuel Mix Chart

npower Fuel Mix Chart

All suppliers are required to give information about the mix of fuels they use to generate the electricity supplied to their customers as well its environmental impact. Known as the Fuel Mix Disclosure, suppliers publish this information annually and distribute with their bills, statements or promotional material.

Industry Average

Pie chart of the Average Fuel Mixture for the industry