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Where is the post-Covid wall of debt?

For the past year, the utilities sector has been warned that it faces a tsunami of debt resulting from the pandemic. However, there are emerging reasons to think the reality may not be as dramatic as feared. James Wallin asks whether we can risk reading anything into the green shoots of recovery.

3 years ago

National communications drive is needed for net zero

A national communications drive is needed to help bring the public on board with the UK’s net zero ambitions, Citizens Advice has suggested. Zoe Guijarro, policy manager at the consumer body, said: "We need to meet people where they are and communicate the vision in a way that means something to them.”

3 years ago

Concerns raised over ‘headlong rush’ to air-source heat pumps

3 years ago

BEIS: Policy costs on energy bills ‘need to be tackled’

Unequal electricity and gas policy costs and taxes must be tackled in order to encourage consumers to switch to low-carbon heating options, the government’s leading heat policy official has told Utility Week. David Capper also hinted that the government is examining a phase-out date for fossil fuel heating systems

3 years ago

Giving customers breathing space

This month saw the Debt Respite Scheme, also known as “breathing space", come into force. The legislation is designed to give customers with problem debt temporary legal protections from creditor action. Jayne Gardner, head of debt recovery at Corclaim, examines how it is likely to affect the utilities sector.

3 years ago

SSE and Equinor launch fresh bid for Peterhead CCS project

SSE and Equinor have revived plans for Peterhead Power Station to be fitted with carbon capture technology, with an aim of bringing the project online by 2026.

3 years ago

‘Everything has to go faster’: The route to 2035

3 years ago

Fourth CfD allocation round to open in December

3 years ago

RenewableUK calls for onshore wind target of 30GW by 2030

3 years ago

EV sales hit milestone but grant cuts stunt growth

3 years ago

Calls for reform of ‘flawed’ Smart Export Guarantee

3 years ago

Welsh freeport ‘would speed up floating wind rollout’

3 years ago

Hydrogen: No silver bullet without government firepower

3 years ago

Three million households remain in fuel poverty

3 years ago

Large energy suppliers back calls for carbon tax

3 years ago

Business leaders call for National Deal on Net Zero Homes

3 years ago

PAC urges Treasury to set out net zero vision

The Treasury is being too slow in working up its net zero funding review, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned. By COP26, which is scheduled to take place in November, the PAC recommends that the Treasury should set out a clear vision of how it will work to help the UK achieve net zero.

3 years ago

RIIO framework ‘must be aligned’ with Scotland’s energy plans

3 years ago

National Grid calls for creation of a heat delivery board

3 years ago

Report calls for EA to be fully funded

An environmental NGO has called for government to end its obsession with lower bills and allow the water sector to properly invest in infrastructure. The Salmon and Trout Conservation group asked government to remove obstructions that prevent the Environment Agency from monitoring polluters

3 years ago