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The threshold for the Energy Company Obligation (Eco) scheme, which currently stands at 250,000 accounts, will be lowered to 200,000 from April 2019 and 150,000 from April 2020.
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The think tank said the UK is unlikely to remain a full participant in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) over the long term.
The government has agreed to carry out a review of household bills before its proposed
Energy companies have called on the government to change the price regulation framework to encourage
Two-thirds of people in Britain are in favour of changing government policy to allow more onshore wind farms to be built where they have local backing.
The future bill for decommissioning the UK’s fleet of offshore wind farms has been estimated in a new study at between £1.28 billion and £3.64 billion.
"Remaining the top-performing network company is getting ever harder because the incentive mechanism encourages us all to improve"
Dr Sebastian Catovsky, deputy director of water services at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (Defra) said that greater transfers between regions is “crucial” to remedying water stresses across England.
The government has signalled that it wants to remain in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to maintain the efficient flow of energy along its interconnector links with the rest of Europe post-Brexit.
"Because of the dramatic pace of change in the industry, we recently took on an exercise to fundamentally reassess what we were here for"
Richard Harrington, junior business and industry minister, was grilled by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee yesterday (10 July) on whether the government’s new draft nuclear waste disposal guidance should permit such facilities in national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Overarching objectives for the Scottish government’s bid to create a publicly owned energy company have been suggested in a study by the University of Strathclyde.
The regulator assessed a total of 116 amendments - four suggested by itself and the rest by industry stakeholders.
Energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry has written to National Grid to give her final decision on the procurement targets for the next round of capacity market auctions.
A £500 million energy fund has been launched in London to help hospitals, universities and
"Significant challenges lie ahead for English water companies on service delivery, environmental improvement and transparency"
The competition watchdog has taken action against gas provider Daligas for failing to provide pricing information to small business customers (SMEs).
Switching over the gas network to hydrogen and other green gases could start immediately, Labour’s
"The challenge now is keeping the electricity grid in balance when there there is a high penetration of renewable energy"
If one thing was clear from Utility Week’s latest Annual Energy Summit, it’s that the industry faces a long list of challenges. Certainly, there were plenty of things to discuss, and speakers had plenty to say.