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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Future of Ovo Energy in doubt after failing financial stress tests

A person looking at the website logo for energy company Ovo Energy on a phone in front of a lit gas cooker.
Ovo Energy, which supplies 4m homes, is one of three suppliers that have failed to meet new financial resilience standards. Photograph: True Images/Alamy

Ovo Energy has cast doubt on its future as one of Great Britain’s largest domestic gas and electricity suppliers after failing to meet the regulator’s financial standards.

The company, founded by the green energy entrepreneur Stephen Fitzpatrick, said in its latest financial accounts, seen by the Guardian, that there was “uncertainty” around the plan it had agreed with the regulator to improve its capital position.

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