Proposal submitted to Ofgem for dedicated police unit to tackle energy theft

What is being proposed? The Retail Energy Code (REC) Change Panel has recommended a change proposal to fund a dedicated police unit to tackle energy theft, modelled on the insurance industry-funded Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED). If approved, the proposal would see RECCo partner with the City of London Police—the national lead force for fraud—to […]

Partnering with City of London Police to Create a Dedicated Energy Theft Unit: Next Steps

In November 2024, we published our Outline Business Case (OBC), which proposed a partnership with the City of London Police to establish and fund a dedicated Energy Theft Unit (ETU). In this article, we discuss our progress so far, address the questions we received during the OBC consultation, and outline our next steps.