Britain's Centrica announced bumper returns for shareholders on Thursday after its first-half profits surged on an almost ten-fold increase at its British Gas supply business.
Centrica has doubled its support package for struggling customers to 100 million pounds ($130 million), it added.
The British Gas Energy supply division posted adjusted profits of 969 million pounds versus 98 million a year earlier.
The firm said it would invest 4 billion pounds by 2028 on security of supply, energy flexibility and renewable power.
Overall, Centrica's adjusted operating profit for the first six months of 2023 rose to 2.08 billion pounds from 1.34 billion pounds a year earlier.
Persons:
Britain's Centrica, Chris O'Shea, Centrica, O'Shea
Organizations:
British Gas, British Gas Energy, EDF's
Locations:
Ukraine