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Cutting emissions to net zero throws up an unparalleled range of challenges for the UK, the deputy chair of the Committee on Climate Change has warned.
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Labour’s shadow chancellor has outlined more details of the party’s plan to bring water and energy back into public hands. Meanwhile, a report by a free market thinktank has torn apart Labour’s policy.
Utility Week’s Election 2019 Manifesto urges the next government to commit to a framework for rolling out an Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure. David Blackman looks at the stances of the main parties and the challenges the winner of Thursday’s election will face to set out an EV road map.
The former Conservative energy supremo takes issue with Labour’s plans for the utilities sector (while agreeing with its stance on National Grid) but is also concerned that his own party’s policies are lacking in detail and risk watering down environmental regulation.
Labour’s plans to renationalise parts of the utilities sector risk sparking diplomatic repercussions if overseas investors receive less than the market value of their assets, a report from an influential thinktank has warned.
In the latest of Utility Week’s profiles of the contenders to form the next government, David Blackman examines the Conservatives’ plans for the next five years. He talks to experts including Tim Yeo and Aurora Energy’s Richard Howard about the details behind the key Tory targets and what they would mean for the sector.
A new report has laid out the true costs of eradicating emissions by either 2025 or 2030, calling the latter “implausible” and the former “practically impossible”. The analysis by thinktank Onward sets out a blueprint for a sustainable net-zero goal, including recommendations to replace the Contracts for Difference regime and removing energy levies from electricity bills.