The firm employs 2,000 staff at their call centre in Houghton-le-Spring. It's understood workers are being briefed today.

2,000 jobs under threat at Npower call centre in Sunderland

A number of call centres could close, according to unions.

Npower restructuring could cause up to 4,500 job losses, unions fear

The remaining cooling towers at a famous power station in Oxfordshire are due to be demolished later this year.

Npower is aiming to cut up to 900 jobs to reduce its operating costs in response to the “extremely tough” UK retail energy market.

The CMA found the two providers are not close rivals on standard variable tariffs.

A typical annual dual-fuel bill will rise by £109.

Npower has been hit with a £26m fine for a string of billing and complaint handling failings which meant customers were not treated fairly.

Around 1,000 customers whose complaints had taken more than 28 days to resolve will be affected.

Now comes the first hard evidence that customers have voted with their feet - with 62,000 leaving the energy firm.  

The David vs Goliath battle in which perseverance and patience literally paid off.

NPower is to close it's site in Peterlee affecting 500 workers.  Jobs are being transferred to Sunderland.