Three UK gas operators to pay $10.8 million over emergency response failures
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026

Three UK gas operators will pay $10.8 million for failing to meet emergency response targets, with funds supporting energy consumer projects.
(Reuters) -British energy regulator Ofgem on Friday said three gas operators have agreed to pay a combined 8 million pounds ($10.78 million) for failing to meet emergency response targets within required timescales.
Cadent Gas Limited, Scotland Gas Networks Plc (SGN Scotland) and Southern Gas Networks Plc (SGN Southern) will make the payment to the regulator's Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Fund, which funds projects to support energy consumers.
($1 = 0.7422 pounds)
(Reporting by Raechel Thankam Job in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)
The three gas operators will pay a combined total of 8 million pounds, which is approximately $10.78 million.
The companies involved are Cadent Gas Limited, Scotland Gas Networks Plc (SGN Scotland), and Southern Gas Networks Plc (SGN Southern).
The payment will go to Ofgem's Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Fund, which supports projects that benefit energy consumers.
Ofgem announced that the three gas operators failed to meet emergency response targets, prompting the financial penalty.
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