Octopus Energy to acquire Engie's British residential energy supply customers

LONDON (Reuters) - British challenger energy supplier Octopus Energy will acquire Engie's 70,000 residential customers in the country, Octopus Energy said on Monday.Octopus Energy already has around 1.4 million British energy customer giving it around a 5% share of the market.Engie's customers will join over the next few months, it said in a statement.No financial details of the deal were disclosed. Engie launched its British home energy supply business in May 2017, before regulator Ofgem..