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E.On ‘error’ reveals 498 customers’ email addresses

Technology

Energy supplier E.On has apologised for an "error" which saw hundreds of customers' email addresses included on requests for their meter readings.The automatic messages should have been addressed to each individual only, but had another 497 recipients listed.E.On said the messages were the result of a "system error" and were spotted "within minutes" of being sent.In support forums on E.On's website, some customers warned they may refer the firm to the UK's data watchdog.In a statement, E.On said it had "apologised for an error which happened when an email was sent to a limited group of customers requesting meter readings".The company said it was talking directly to customers who had raised concerns about the sharing of their deta...

E.ON supported by integration with Innogy

Business

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- With results from the first half of the year in, German energy company E.ON is supported by the divvying up of renewable energy entity Innogy, analysis finds. The Germany company reported Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, a proxy for profitability, at $ 1.9 billion for the first half of the year, up 10 percent from the same period in 2017. Adjusted net income improved 19 percent. Plans of a complex agreement to divide up pieces of Innogy between E.ON, one of the country's largest renewable energy investors, and RWE, one of Germany's biggest power producers, were unveiled in March. E.ON last month said 9.4 percent of shareholders in Innogy agreed to sell their shares to E.ON, giving it an 86.2 percent stake in the company after taking RWE's majority stake. E.ON is retooli...

Germany's E.ON wants even bigger wind footprint

Business

May 7 (UPI) -- German utility E.ON said it will build up its wind energy portfolio by taking over the domestic activities of wind-power company Vortex Energy.E.ON said it's targeting a takeover of the German activities of Vortex. E.ON takes 30 employees from the company, though non-German activities of Vortex are not part of the transaction.Germany has one of the greener economies in Europe and E.ON said it was retooling in the domestic landscape as the country emerges as a regional leader in renewable energy development. Vortex has 300 megawatts of wind power development in its immediate portfolio and much more in early-stage development.Both companies said the agreement is a win-win."Vortex Energy sees the acquisition by E.ON Climate & Renewables as the ideal opportunity to successfully ...