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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

Court to examine Bulb-Octopus deal as rivals claim preferential terms

The app for Octopus Energy displayed on a mobile device
Octopus acquired Bulb’s 1.5 million customers late last year after the supplier spent a year in a government-handled administration. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

Britain’s biggest energy suppliers are set for a courtroom clash over whether the government handed preferential terms to Octopus Energy in allowing it to snap up Bulb from administration.

Octopus acquired Bulb’s 1.5 million customers late last year after the supplier spent a year in a government-handled administration.

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