Court to examine Bulb-Octopus deal as rivals claim preferential terms

Owner of British Gas, E.ON and Scottish Power brings judicial review over deal between Octopus and government

Britain’s biggest energy suppliers are set for a courtroom clash over whether the government handed preferential terms to Octopus Energy in allowing it to snap up Bulb from administration.

Octopus acquired Bulb’s 1.5 million customers late last year after the supplier spent a year in a government-handled administration.