With companies investing heavily in customer initiatives to counter price rises, overall satisfaction rates rose last year, according to JD Power's annual survey of gas and electricity suppliers. Scottish and Southern Energy topped the electricity table.
Npower, Powergen and Scottish Power came bottom in the electricity supplier table, while EDF was ranked last among the gas suppliers.
This week British Gas is launching a heavyweight ad campaign to back the launch of a one-off central-heating repair service for a fixed fee of £120.