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Smart metering rollouts around the world are now delivering significant benefits to consumers. In this Market View, Ryan Hledik of The Brattle Group reveals how Britain's programme could do the the same,
The Labour party’s energy spokesman, Alan Whitehead, told the House of Commons launch of the new report, "ReDesigning Regulation: Powering from the Future", that current regulatory arrangements look "very creaky and outdated" given the rapid changes that the industry is undergoing.
Green energy supplier Ecotricity has been awarded a contract with the British Airways i360 viewing platform in Brighton.
In a study on the political risks weighing on UK utility ratings, Standard and Poor (S&P) has estimated that the upfront costs associated of implementing Labour’s public ownership policy is between £140 billion and £160 billion.
Start-up energy companies have disputed a national media report which claims they are in debt following an "investigation" looking at some of the cheapest tariffs on the market.
A single consumer regulator should be created to cover all the essential service utilities, according to a new report co-authored by a government adviser.
Dermot Nolan has today (11 December) announced his intention to stay in his post as chief executive of Ofgem until the end of February 2020.
Former Liberal Democrat energy secretary Ed Davey has slammed the government over Reading-based supplier One Select's failure.
Renewable energy company Bulb has been named as the UK's fastest-growing private company. topping the list of 100 other private firms.
Ofgem is looking for a supplier of last resort for One Select's 36,000 domestic customers. The energy supplier recently came bottom of Citizens Advice’s star rating list for customer service.
In Truro, Cornwall, customers will pay an average of £16.35 more to heat their home during December, January and February – more than any other area in the UK.
The Utility Week team takes a look back over what’s happened in 2018.
Reading-based One Select comes bottom of Citizens Advice customer service table. Meanwhile So Energy comes out on top and SSE takes second place and is the highest ranked big six supplier.
Ofgem should replace the current “vanilla” supplier model with an insurance-backed assurance model, innovator Laura Sandys has insisted.