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    Supplier data

    Supplier score weighting

    The fixed weights applied to each scoring dimension to produce the overall score.

    Provenance

    Provenance documented
    What it is
    The fixed weights applied to each scoring dimension to produce the overall score.
    How it is produced
    Maintained editorial figure
    Source
    PowerGuardian scoring methodology
    Coverage
    All tracked suppliers
    Period
    Methodology v1
    Last verified
    Not recorded
    Update cadence
    Changed only with a documented methodology version bump
    Where it lives
    src/data/supplierMonitor.ts → SCORING_METHODOLOGY
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    How the figure is produced

    • Weights sum to 100% and are applied identically to every supplier.
    • The same weighting is used by the automated recompute and by the published explanation, so the two cannot drift.

    The data

    Supplier score weighting — published data table
    DimensionWeight (%)
    Complaint Performance25
    Tariff Competitiveness20
    Customer Service20
    Direct Debit Fairness15
    Consumer Transparency10
    Market Stability10
    • PowerGuardian public data register — supplier score weighting
    • Methodology version: v1
    • Weights sum to 100% and are applied identically to every supplier.

    What this figure cannot tell you

    • Weighting is an editorial judgement about what matters to households, not an objective ranking of importance.
    • Changing the weights would change every supplier's overall score, which is why changes require a version bump.

    Where it is published

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