Statue of Robin Hood in Nottingham. Photo by Arran Bee (CC-BY-2.0) The lights had been flickering for a while, but the power cut came without warning. On Friday, 4 September 2020, Nottingham City Council announced the sale of municipal company Robin Hood Energy’s (RHE) customer book to British Gas. The rest of the UK’s first publicly owned not-for-profit energy supplier will be shut down. The previous afternoon, more than 230 staff were made redundant via Skype.