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The CMA is due to deliver its initial redetermination of the PR19 business plans from Anglian, Bristol, Northumbrian and Yorkshire imminently. Will it side with Ofwat or the companies on customer engagement, returns and resilience? Utility Week gauges the view of an analyst, legal expert and ratings agency.
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The pandemic has created a unique opportunity for Ofgem to provide a framework that embraces flexibility and incentivises networks to facilitate the transition to net zero, writes James Crouch of Burns & McDonnell
As part of our Build Back Better series, Utility Week speaks to Matt Hindle, head of gas at the Energy Networks Association. He predicts the relatively low profile of gas networks in the public debate around decarbonisation is about to change as the country begins to confront the conundrum of eradicating emissions from home heating.
Losses in the energy system last year had a “societal cost” of £1.5 billion, with the amount of billable energy failing to reach its intended destination calculated at more than double that.
Following a scathing government report on the management of water supplies, Ofwat's chief executive has defended its approach to resilience, bills and investment
In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, an MP who called for the abolition of Ofgem and Ofwat has been appointed to lead a review of Britain's competition laws. There is also speculation on the contents of the energy white paper, ahead of a flagship speech on the net zero pathway by Boris Johnson.
Ofgem has revealed there is a shortfall of renewables obligation certificates (ROC), after suppliers failed to meet their entire obligation for the 2019/20 year. The regulator has said however that initial, unverified figures suggest the outstanding obligation value as of 1 September was less than at the equivalent point in time last year.
Almost two fifths of complaints submitted to energy companies have been live for more than one month, Ofgem’s latest consumer perception survey has found. The report, commissioned by both the regulator and Citizens Advice, also reveals consumer satisfaction in the complaints handling process took a dip in Q2 2020.
Ofgem has revealed that around £39 million of network charges had been deferred as of the end of August. Under the schemes announced earlier this year energy networks were to defer up to £350 million of charges as a last resort for struggling suppliers and shippers.
The decarbonisation of the power sector has so far tackled the “low hanging fruit” but significant challenges remain, writes Randolph Brazier of the Energy Networks Association. As part of out Build Back Better series, he examines the obstacles to the rollout of rapid charging infrastructure, and how they can be overcome.