EDF Energy Supplier is a name to reckon with in UK’s utilities industry. It enjoys a satisfied consumer base and gives a host of services to its users to achieve this level. It is one of the major players in the industry among the other ones namely British Gas, nPower, Scottish Energy. It has also handled its responsibilities regarding environment with near perfection.

EDF Energy Suppliers is the UK’s second largest company and one of the prominent names in the Energy supplying industry. As UK’s market is cluttered with numerous energy suppliers and there is a lot of competition as well. There are very few suppliers which give quality and cost effective service to the users. EDF is a supplier which constantly works on improving its services. EDF group was actually an umbrella which incorporates various small organisations namely, London Energy, SWEB Energy and Seeboard energy. Later on it dropped these organisations to retain a single entity.

This giant company employs approximately 11000 people and distributes gas and electricity to over five million customers world over. It serves a quarter of the population’s needs for gas and electricity
and it is considered one of the largest regulated private sector firm in the country. The moment the energy is produced, it is harnessed and then it is distributed to the users via pipelines and other mediums. EDF Energy supplier takes care of generation,distribution and supply with pure finesse. Thats not all, its also one of the largest developers of offshore wind generation in UK.

In its journey to become one of the largest companies in UK , it has acquired many companies in the process namely, SWEB Energy and Seeboard Energy, the Sutton Bridge, West Burton and Cottam power stations, and the TXU and Seeboard networks businesses.

EDF Energy Supplier provides various services as well to its customers which are really beneficial for them as to paying their bills. Some services are also helpful for consumers to keep a track record of how much energy they have consumed. The provision for entering the meter reading online is one such service that this supplier provides. In this, a consumer can take the meter readings of gas and electricity and then enter that reading online and based on that read, he/she will be billed. They can get to know about their current usage pattern which helps in keeping a check on the consumption if they are consuming high amount of energy.

Another eminent and the most popular service used for the payment of bills is Direct Debit. In this case what happens is that a consumer can pay the bills in installments throughout the year and the installments are fixed based on their previous usage pattern. So in this case they budget their bills for some fixed amount every month. This also helps in checking their usage as the consumer will consume cautiously as high consumption will lead to an increase in the direct debit installment amount. The next option is the prepayment option in which customers will pay as the same amount as their quarterly bills.

Another feature that shows that it cares for its consumers is the insurance plan in which it gives insurance through Direct Assist and Homeserve companies that insures the boiler through boiler care plan and it also takes care of the electricity and the plan covers electric heating, electricity breakdown and any other electrical emergencies. Priority services is one more laudable feature in its kitty as it gives priority services to the customers with particular requirements like elderly people, disabled or chronically ill people.

It is also making genuine efforts to contribute towards the betterment of the environment and to reduce the carbon emissions, that is the reason they have set up an offshore wind energy plant in UK. Thats not all, it also has a green tariff and if a consumer applies for it then he/she will help in supporting th renewable sources of energy and contribute in setting up of renewable projects in UK. EDF Energy suppliers also does a free energy usage audit. So EDF energy suppliers are a pioneer company that not only provides quality service to its users but also handles its moral responsibility to save the environment as well.