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Violation Tracker UK Individual Case

Company: Shell Energy Retail
Current Parent CompanyOctopus Energy Limited
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement: Shell PLC
Recap of Ownership Changes: Octopus bought Shell Energy Retail in 2023
Penalty: £536,970
Year: 2022
Date: 25 August, 2022
Offence Group: consumer-protection-related offences
Offence Type: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Shell Energy Retail agreed to pay refund £106,000, make £30,970 in goodwill payment to affected customers, and pay £400,000 to the consumer redress fund, in settlement of a finding that due to operational errors with the implementation of its default tariffs it had overcharged 11,275 prepayment customers.
Agency: Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
HQ Country of Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Parent: renewable energy
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