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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued a call for evidence to “prepare the ground” for the decarbonisation of heating.
Confidence in the various regulatory approaches is not high – 4.8 out of ten on average. This is according to The Disruption and Regulation Report, released in conjunction with Utility Week Live.
The UK’s power sector should be more outward-looking when it comes to governance and regulation, an industry expert has urged.
National Grid has said it has “robust systems” in place after reports it has been put on high alert by security chiefs due to a growing threat of Russian cyber-attacks.
The “Beast for the East” is set to return this weekend, as cold air from
During second reading in the House of Lords on the Smart Meters Bill, the chairman of the Lords EU energy and environment committee says the official deadline would ‘clearly’ not be met.
Allowing subsidy-free renewables to bid for capacity contracts would cut energy bills by £600 million between 2025 and 2035, a new report has found.
Parliament’s public spending watchdog has cast doubt on whether the privatised Green Investment Bank (GIB) will continue to support the government’s clean energy policy goals.
Energy stakeholders have two weeks to respond to Ofgem’s early “evolving” thoughts on how it will set the price cap.
"The priority should be on ensuring that existing schemes and policies work as effectively as possible"
"A decarbonised electricity system will play a crucial role in decarbonising all energy use"
"Achieving the outcome we all want presents any number of challenges but I remain cautiously optimistic"
Negative publicity surrounding offshore finance is nothing new. And those water companies with financial arrangements in
Energy is a vital part of Brexit negotiations, and it appears the government is starting to recognise this. But however much it might want to, will the UK be allowed to participate in the single energy market when it leaves the EU? David Blackman investigates.
Water supply issues plagued the UK after a rapid thaw caused multiple pipe bursts, and water companies have taken the rap for being ill-prepared. Katey Pigden reports.
"The energy market is changing rapidly, and the need for radical adaptation grows ever closer"
Earlier this week Ofgem announced it will formally ban all energy suppliers from back-billing customers for energy used more than 12 months ago. We asked energy suppliers for their views on the announcement.
Five years would be a better length for RIIO2, given the amount of uncertainty the price control period is likely to contain, according to the outgoing finance director of UK Power Networks (UKPN).
"It is clear that, after years of light regulation, regulated utilities are now set for a more aggressive approach"