In September 2013, we opened an investigation into npower’s compliance with its reporting obligations under the Renewables Obligation and Feed-in Tariff scheme.
These provisions are very important as Ofgem relies on licence holders submitting accurate information to carry out its statutory functions and administer environmental programmes, including the RO and FiTs, effectively.
The Authority has concluded that the licensees, npower Limited, npower Northern Limited, npower Direct Limited, and npower Yorkshire Limited breached their reporting requirements under s.32J of the Electricity Act 1989 for the reporting of electricity supply data to Ofgem for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 reporting periods.
The Authority has confirmed its decision to impose a financial penalty of £125,000.
The penalty of £125,000 was to be made by npower by 11 August 2014. npower missed this deadline and made payment on 21 August 2014. npower paid an additional sum of £328.77 in interest to reflect the late payment of the penalty.