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Npower (stylised as npower) is a UK based electricity
Electricity

Electricity is a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena such as lightning and static electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction....
 and natural gas
Natural gas

Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills....
 supply company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a stock exchange located in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies....
 and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index
FTSE 100 Index

The FTSE 100 Index is a share index of the 100 most highly market capitalisation UK company listed on the London Stock Exchange. The index began on 3 January 1984 with a base level of 1000; the highest value reached to date is 6950.6, on 30 December 1999....
 but it is now owned by RWE
RWE

RWE Aktiengesellschaft , is a German electric power and natural gas public utility company based in Essen, Germany. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company contributes electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe....
 of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
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Company was established as Innogy plc from the UK operations of National Power
National Power

National Power Plc was formerly an energy company based in the United Kingdom....
 when the overseas operations were demerged as International Power
International Power

International Power plc is an international electricity generator formed in 2000 by the demerger of National Power. It is headquartered at Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London....
 plc in 2000.

Innogy then went on to purchase the Regional Electricity Company Yorkshire Electricity
Yorkshire Electricity

Yorkshire Electricity was an electricity distribution utility in England serving much of Yorkshire and parts of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire....
 in 2001.






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Npower (stylised as npower) is a UK based electricity
Electricity

Electricity is a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena such as lightning and static electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction....
 and natural gas
Natural gas

Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills....
 supply company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a stock exchange located in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies....
 and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index
FTSE 100 Index

The FTSE 100 Index is a share index of the 100 most highly market capitalisation UK company listed on the London Stock Exchange. The index began on 3 January 1984 with a base level of 1000; the highest value reached to date is 6950.6, on 30 December 1999....
 but it is now owned by RWE
RWE

RWE Aktiengesellschaft , is a German electric power and natural gas public utility company based in Essen, Germany. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company contributes electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe....
 of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
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History

The Company was established as Innogy plc from the UK operations of National Power
National Power

National Power Plc was formerly an energy company based in the United Kingdom....
 when the overseas operations were demerged as International Power
International Power

International Power plc is an international electricity generator formed in 2000 by the demerger of National Power. It is headquartered at Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London....
 plc in 2000.

Innogy then went on to purchase the Regional Electricity Company Yorkshire Electricity
Yorkshire Electricity

Yorkshire Electricity was an electricity distribution utility in England serving much of Yorkshire and parts of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire....
 in 2001. It later disposed of the distribution side of Yorkshire Electricity to CE Electric UK
CE Electric UK

CE Electric UK Funding Company is an electrical distribution company based in Chester-le-Street in England. It is the owner of Northern Electric Distribution Limited and Yorkshire Electrical Distribution plc which are the Distribution Network Operators for the North East England and Yorkshire regions....
 in exchange for the supply business of Northern Electric
Northern Electric

Northern Electric was an electricity supply and distribution company serving north east England. It had its origins as the North Eastern Electricity Board, formed as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947 ....
. Innogy was taken over by the German utility giant RWE
RWE

RWE Aktiengesellschaft , is a German electric power and natural gas public utility company based in Essen, Germany. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company contributes electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe....
 in 2002 and renamed RWE Npower plc with all the supply business adopting the "Npower" brand.

In February 2006 Npower acquired 19% of Telecom Plus
Telecom Plus

Telecom Plus plc is a multi-public utility supplier based in the United Kingdom. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index....
, a business which now provides Npower with management services, such as billing, customer service, metering, debt collection and administration: under the deal Npower can increase its stake in Telecom Plus up to 29%.

Operations

Npower operates a number of coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
, natural gas
Natural gas

Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills....
, oil-fired
Fuel oil

Fuel oil is a fractional distillation obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue. Broadly speaking, fuel oil is any liquid petroleum product that is burned in a furnace or boiler for the generation of heat or used in an engine for the generation of power, except oils having a flash point of approximately and oi...
 and renewable energy
Renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy generated from natural resources—such as sunlight, wind, rain, tidal energy and geothermal energy—which are Renewable resource ....
 power
Electricity

Electricity is a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena such as lightning and static electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction....
 stations across the UK, with coal and gas accounting for 81% of their output as of 2005.

The company's main offices are in Swindon
Swindon

Swindon is a City sized town and unitary borough authority in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in South West England England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, Berkshire, east....
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
. Npower has around 9,500 employees across its departments and an annual turnover in 2005-6 equivalent to US$5.6bn.

The company also owns Aberthaw Power Station
Aberthaw Power Station

Aberthaw Power Station refers to a series of two Fossil fuel power plant situated on the coast of South Wales, near Barry, Vale of Glamorgan in the Vale of Glamorgan....
 in the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole....
 in south Wales
Wales

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, Didcot Power Station
Didcot Power Station

Didcot Power Station refers to a set of twin facilities, with the purpose of Electricity generation of electric power to supply the National Grid ....
 in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East England region, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire....
, Tilbury power station in Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, Little Barford Power Station
Little Barford Power Station

Little Barford Power Station is a 680MWe gas-fired power station just north of the village of Little Barford in Bedfordshire. It lies just south of the A428 road St Neots bypass and east of the Wyboston Leisure Park....
 in near st Neots, Great Yarmouth Power Station
Great Yarmouth Power Station

Great Yarmouth Power Station is currently a 420MWe gas-fired power on South Denes Road in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk....
, Fawley Power Station
Fawley Power Station

Fawley Power Station is located on the western side of Southampton Water, between the villages of Fawley, Hampshire and Calshot in Hampshire.Fawley was built by Mitchell Construction for the CEGB and was commissioned in 1971 as a 2,000 megawatt power station, with four 500 MW generating units, each consisting of a boiler supplyin...
 and Littlebrook Power Station
Littlebrook Power Station

Littlebrook Power Station refers to a series of four Fossil fuel power plant situated on the south bank of the River Thames, next to the Queen Elizabeth 2 Bridge and the Dartford Tunnel in Dartford, Kent....
 near Dartford
Dartford

Dartford is the principal town in the Dartford . It is situated in the northwest corner of Kent, England, 16 miles east south-east of central London....
 in Kent
Kent

Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
.

Brand identity

Npower has two mascots, which feature on all recent advertisements representing gas and electricity. They are two small glowing "Orbs" with eyes and feet, one yellow (Electricity Orb) and one blue (Gas Orb). Npower gives soft toys resembling the Orbs to new customers.

British Gas also has a pair of glowing mascots. While the Orbs are circular and mute, the British Gas mascots are shaped as gas flames and talkative.

Npower's TV advertisements feature the song, "Happy Together" by the Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
, and more recently a cover version of the same song by Johnny Panic
Johnny Panic

This article is about the U.K. punk rock band. For the "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" song, see Tears for Fears.Johnny Panic are an punk rock band from London, formed in 2002....
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Sponsorship

Npower are very active in community sponsorship and have backed the England cricket team's home Test matches. In addition they currently sponsor Worcester Warriors Club (which is less than 100 yards from Npower offices), the Worcester Wolves
Worcester Wolves

The Worcester Wolves is a basketball team from the city of Worcester, which plays in the British Basketball League. The Wolves play at in the 800-seat capacity Sports Hall of the University of Worcester, from whom they receive considerable financial backing and with whom they operate a basketball scholarship programme....
 Basketball Club, and the Welsh Magners League rugby union team The Ospreys.

See also

  • Energy policy of the United Kingdom
    Energy policy of the United Kingdom

    The current Energy Policy of the United Kingdom is set out in the Energy White Paper of May 2007, building on previous work including the 2003 Energy White Paper and the Energy Review Report in 2006....
  • Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
    Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom

    Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom have been receiving increased attention over recent years. Key factors behind this are the UK Government's commitment to reducing carbon dioxide, the projected 'energy gap' in electricity generation, and the increasing reliance on imports to meet national energy needs....
  • Green electricity in the United Kingdom
    Green electricity in the United Kingdom

    There are a number of suppliers offering 'green' electricity in the United Kingdom, either supplying electricity from existing environmentally friendly energy sources, promising to invest a proportion of profits into new renewable energy generating capacity, carrying out carbon offsetting, or some combination of these approaches....


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