South East Water Choice, the retail arm of South East Water, has applied to exit the non-household retail market.
The exit application was made to Defra on 3 October 2017 - the acquiring licensee is sister company Invicta Water Ltd trading as Water Choice. The exit date requested is 1 April 2018.
Kent-based firm Invicta Water Ltd applied to Ofwat in October last year for a water supply licence and sewerage licence ahead of the business retail market in England opening for competition in April 2017.
Water Choice has been providing water and wastewater retail services since the market opened to business customers across England.
The application has been made in accordance with The Water and Sewerage Undertakers (Exit from Non-household Retail Market) Regulations 2016.
The water company wants to bring all its retail activities under one roof - from 1 April 2018 all water and sewerage retail business will be done by Water Choice. South East Water Choice currently supplies water to 55,000 business customers in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire.
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