Electric Vehicles: an under-utilised asset that will save the grid

8th November 2017 | Commercial Energy

Electric Vehicles (EV) will be a blessing, not a curse to the UK’s electricity grid – as long as government handles the rollout right, argues Ovo Energy’s Tom Pakenham. We are on the verge of an electric vehicle revolution. That’s been the common refrain in recent months in the media. If many predictions prove correct,…Read more

SSE and Npower in talks to create giant UK energy supplier

7th November 2017 | Residential Energy

SSE and Npower, two of the UK’s biggest energy companies, are planning to combine their household energy supply businesses in a potentially seismic shake-up of the market. The two firms said they were in well-advanced talks to create a new independent energy supply firm. The new business would combine the nearly 13 million customers they…Read more

Scottish Power sheds customers as cheaper alternatives become available

7th November 2017 | Residential Energy

Energy giant Scottish Power had haemorrhaged 120,000 customers, its latest results reveal. The loss of customers switching to cheaper deals elsewhere has cost the “Big Six” firm in retail supply earnings, with a fall of more than 60 per cent recorded. Three quarters of the customers have left the supplier since the end of June…Read more

Big Energy Firms make £1bn profit despite loss of millions of customers

1st November 2017 | Residential Energy

The UK’s biggest energy companies made a profit of £1bn last year and have increased their profit margins in recent years despite losing millions of customers to challenger firms, according to Ofgem – the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets. The energy regulator said the big six suppliers enjoyed a healthy margin of 4.5% on…Read more

Smaller UK Businesses “paying twice as much for electricity”

31st October 2017 | Commercial Energy

Average electricity prices are around 50% higher for very small businesses than for large or very large consumers. That’s the findings of Ofgem’s new State of the Energy Markets report, which also reveals non-domestic gas prices can be twice as high. It suggests retail markets “typically work well” for larger businesses but small and micro…Read more

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Oroco Utilities was set up in 2008 to help commercial companies with their electricity and gas contracts.
Since then we have worked with FTSE 100 companies, one-man bands, across all categories.
We have clients in Aberdeen and clients in Truro - nationwide scope.