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What would an Independent System Operator look like?

What would an Independent System Operator look like?

Ofgem’s proposals to fully separate the Electricity System Operator from National Grid have received broad support. But there are questions over exactly what role an Independent System Operator should play in co-ordinating the energy transition and whether more fundamental changes are needed. Tom Grimwood speaks to experts across the sector.

3 years ago

SSE expects to take £200m hit from pandemic

SSE has confirmed it expects to see its earnings reduced by roughly £200 million over its current financial year due to the effects of the coronavirus. In a third quarter trading update, the company said the impact of the pandemic on its operating profit is anticipated to fall towards the middle of the £150 million to £250 million range originally estimated in its last full-year results in June 2020.

3 years ago

UK risks EV charging blackspots without funding boost

The government should hold Contracts for Difference (CfD) style auctions to spur a five-fold increase in the growth of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure network this decade, a right of centre thinktank has urged.

3 years ago

Reform of ‘fragmented’ energy governance system needed

A shake-up of energy governance must go beyond splitting up the National Grid in order to avoid potentially stymying the delivery of the infrastructure required to deliver net-zero emissions, a former government adviser has warned.

3 years ago

Managing the skills gap

Phil Beach, the recently appointed chief executive of Energy & Utility Skills, discusses the implications of recent government policy updates on the utilities sector’s drive to ensure its workforce is futureproofed.

3 years ago

Treasury drops net zero commitment from its Green Book

The Treasury will not include a requirement on departments to explain how they will meet net zero emissions in its guidance for appraising government spending.

3 years ago

Hendry criticises slow pace of UK grid upgrade

3 years ago

BEIS and Scottish government clash over smart installs

3 years ago

Octopus calls for ‘sin tax’ on gas use

3 years ago

Electricity engineering standards should ‘start off with customers’

3 years ago

System Operator ‘should be part of National Energy Agency’

3 years ago

Auto-switching: A cure for consumer inertia?

3 years ago

Kwarteng: Hydrogen can enter gas grid before 2030

3 years ago

Ofgem calls for full ESO separation

3 years ago

Gas networks release joint plan for hydrogen conversion

3 years ago

Regulation not legislation key to ending CSOs

New commitments for water companies, Ofwat and the Environment Agency to increase transparency and reduce the reliance on storm overflows have been made in response to Philip Dunne's Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill. Utility Week speaks to the chair of the Environmental Audit Committee.

3 years ago

Auto-switching ‘represents old school thinking’

The surprise twist in the Energy White Paper was its embrace of the idea of auto-switching. David Blackman looks at how this and other key planks of the paper landed with the sector, and why it came out of the blue.

3 years ago

Court upholds planning consent for new gas turbines at Drax

3 years ago

NIC calls for evidence on carbon capture technologies

3 years ago

Heat pumps to be ‘primary’ heating source for new homes

3 years ago

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