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EON Energy

Article updated: Tuesday 26 May, 2009

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EON Energy, formerly known as Powergen, is one of the UK’s leading integrated power and gas companies.

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E.ON is one of the UK’s largest investor-owned energy companies.

E.ON services

E.ON offers a variety of tariffs. E.ON dual fuel, E.ON gas and E.ON electricity which include:

E.ON's SaveOnline is an online tariff which offers you discounts for managing your own account. The Energy Saver tariff includes a free energy saving monitor to help track your electricity consumption. The Track and Save tariff guarantees that your energy bills will be cheaper than British Gas. E.ON additionally offers green tariffs which help to develop renewable energy sources and reduce your carbon footprint.

History of E.ON

E.ON was created from the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) and has since grown from an electricity generator into a leading producer, distributor and retailer of electricity and gas in the UK.

2005 May - Purchase of Enfield combined cycle gas turbine power station
2004 July – Powergen rebranded as E.ON
2003 October – Powergen agrees terms for £1.146billion acquisition of Midlands Electricity
2000 December – Powergen completes acquisition of LG&E Energy Corp.
1991 March – 60% of Powergen shares sold to public
1990 March – Powergen launched as a public limited company owned by the government
1989 December – Powergen signs first deal in the liberalised Industrial & Commercial electricity market

Environmental responsibility

E.ON uses Britian’s biggest offshore wind farm to create green energy. The company also works with Climate Care, an organisation that reduces greenhouse gases on behalf of individuals and businesses. This promotes low carbon technologies and reduces carbon dioxide on behalf of the consumer. The emission reductions are made through a range of projects in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

E.ON participates in several green energy projects which generates enough green energy to meet the residential needs of the city of Manchester. In May 2007, work started on a £500million gas-fired combined heat and power station (CHP) in Kent. The plant will be capable of producing enough electricity for around one million homes.

In January 2006, E.ON began construction on UK's largest dedicated biomass plant at Steven's Croft near Lockerbie.

Community work

E.ON sponsors a major initiative called HeatStreets which installs energy efficient measures in communities.

More than 40 thousand energy efficient measures have been installed throughout the UK so far, aiding local authorities to meet Decent Home obligations. These energy efficient improvements include insulation, replacement gas boilers, full gas central heating systems and hot water cylinder jackets.

E.ON also provides communities with access to a free benefit entitlement check to ensure households are claiming all the benefits to which they’re entitled.