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The regulator has announced a replacement for Jonathan Brearley's role of executive director for systems and networks, as well as confirming Brearley's start date as chief executive.
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In his first interview, Ovo Energy's retail chief executive Adrian Letts talks to Utility Week about the direction he wants to take the challenger brand in. Specifically, he sees his new role as a way of combating humanity's greatest threat - climate change.
SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies writes about the collective responsibility of the industry to push ahead on decarbonisation, and what SSE has done so far.
The not-for-profit company has proposed changing its constitution to embed commitments to public service and focus on customers. The proposal, which will be put to its independent members for approval next month, comes as the company announces its financial results for the first six months of the year.
The ‘command and control’ nature of current regulation will not deliver the level of innovation required to deliver the transition to a net zero energy system, the director of policy at Energy UK has warned.
Ofgem will be expected to adjust its calculations for the first three months of the price cap after a high court judge ruled in favour of Centrica's appeal. The British Gas owner disputed the methodology the regulator used to calculate wholesale costs.
Nearly half the general public would prefer the costs of decarbonising heat and electricity to be met by direct taxation rather than a surcharge on energy bills, according to an exclusive survey for Utility Week.
Octopus acquired Co-op Energy's customers earlier this year. The new company will support community energy projects across the country.
“Bagging-off” technology for under-pressure applications was first developed in the UK gas sector by British
Today’s consumers are accustomed to the customer experiences delivered by the likes of Deliveroo, Amazon Prime and Uber. They want real-time transparency, two-way communication and for services to revolve around their needs. Welcome to Customer Experience 4.0.
The group has released its interim results which show the impairment is reflective of the transaction price. The deal between Ovo and SSE is expected to be completed early next year.
A poll of 1,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) found that although the majority felt their energy supplier was giving them a fair deal, there was concern about inflexible payment terms and “crippling rates”.
Eon has completed a power purchase agreement with RWE Renewables which will see the big six supplier acquire 3TWh annually from more than 20 British wind farms. Eon chief executive Michael Lewis and RWE's Tom Glover give their views on the deal.
The network operator has described its response to the flooding across its area and the extent of damage to its substations.
A public consultation has been launched into the first stage of Greenlink’s interconnector between Ireland and Great Britain, following the submission of planning applications for marine components on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Northern Powergrid says some of its customers have been without power following flooding across parts of its area. The network operator has been working over the weekend to help those in need.
Innovation has impacted a range of sectors, and energy is no exception; currently the sector is facing one of its biggest challenges yet as customers wake up from widespread inertia, spurred on by the evolution of price-comparison/auto-switching services and changing consumer expectations.
Phil Graham became the organisation's first chief executive when it was formed in 2015. Elsewhere in the sector, other companies have announced the appointment of senior roles.