Centrica
British energy group supplying gas, electricity and services to over 10 million UK and Irish homes and businesses.
Centrica, British Gas's parent, supplies over 10 million UK and Irish homes and holds a stake in gas storage via the Rough facility; on 27 July 2026 its analyst Ricky Hill co-authored an EU gas-storage outlook with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
Last refreshed: 31 July 2026
Why is a British Gas analyst co-authoring projections for the whole EU's winter storage buffer?
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Co-published the 72 bcm EU-27 storage projection
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Centrica is a British multinational energy and services group headquartered in Windsor. Its British Gas and Bord Gais brands sell gas, electricity and household services to more than 10 million customers across the UK and Ireland, the core of the group's earnings. A separate Arm trades and optimises energy on wholesale markets, and Centrica keeps a foothold in generation and in gas storage capacity, notably at the Rough site.
That storage foothold is why a Centrica name turns up in wholesale market research: on 27 July 2026, analyst Ricky Hill co-presented an EU-wide refill outlook with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. It reads as one data point the group's trading desk contributes to the wider market, not as a description of what Centrica itself is.