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More than 200,000 SMETS2 devices have been connected to the DCC's network, energy minister Claire Perry has told parliament.
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Cabinet ministers are reportedly drawing up plans to absorb the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) into a new look infrastructure super ministry.
Three renewable energy suppliers have been offered a temporary derogation for renewable standard variable tariffs (SVTs) from the default tariff cap.
British Gas has installed six million smart meter devices out of the 13 million smart meters installed by the entire industry.
The government has announced its intention to resume collecting capacity market payments from suppliers during the current standstill period.
Research from auto-switching service Weflip suggests customers have been "left in the dark" over the energy price cap.
After an eventful year for utilities, Utility Week looks backs on the most read stories of 2018.
The nation’s theatres are preparing for the annual Christmas show season. The biggest pantomime taking place at the moment, though, is in the House of Commons where MPs embarked earlier this month on a six-night run of the Brexit withdrawal follies.
The suspension of the electricity capacity market risks further undermining investor confidence in the power sector, which is already shaky as a result of Brexit, the chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee has warned Claire Perry.
British Gas owner Centrica is seeking a judicial review against Ofgem over how the regulator calculated wholesale costs when it set the level of the incoming energy price cap.
A ban on the outdoor use of metaldehyde that is to be introduced across Great Britain from spring 2020 will ultimately benefit the water treatment process.
Breaches of environmental law will go unpunished until the UK establishes its own green watchdog in the event of a "no deal" Brexit.
A wide-ranging Resources and Waste Strategy, published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, says incineration is expected to continue to play a "significant" role in ensuring that rubbish is not sent to landfill.
The government has been accused of "pushing the solar industry off a cliff edge" after yesterday’s (18 December) announcement that the scrapping of the mechanism used by households to sell excess renewable power to the grid is going ahead.
Suppliers should be stripped of responsibility for carrying out household energy efficiency improvements, a government adviser has said.
Presenting evidence to the House of Commons environmental audit committee about the Budget on Wednesday (12 December), junior Treasury minister Robert Jenrick was quizzed about the announcement on carbon pricing in October’s tax and spending annual statement.
The secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has given permission to vary the development consent order for a new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant at King’s Lynn.
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.