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Weekend press round-up: Coffey ‘fed up’ with water companies
…and that it was right for the sector to have apologised, confirmed that “a lot of” private sector investment in the water industry “gets repaid through bills”. But she said…
How to shut down a gas network
…a decision against the widespread use of hydrogen boilers would leave the necessity and viability of large parts of the current gas grid in question. Little attention has been paid…
Weekend press: Thames shareholders to inject £1bn
…he said. National Grid said last winter that short power cuts were a possibility – in the end, this was not necessary. A UK government spokesperson said: “We spent billions…
Weekend press round-up: Bills set to rise as water companies turn on spending taps
…a new scheme, run by National Grid, in which households were paid last winter to cut electricity usage at peak times if the operator feared it was running short. The…
Weekend press: Octopus Energy closes in on Shell deal
…daughter, they said. In the process of the investigation, Tahir alleged that Higgins had used the phrase “worth a wank” in a team call. He said he did not recall…
Weekend press: Health check of England’s waters faces six-year wait
…party peer Natalie Bennett said the government “clearly recognised the huge public anger about the parlous state of our waterways, but instead of taking action to clean them up, it…
Cost of living crisis is a chance to engage consumers on sustainability
…bill, for example tax, network charges for pipes and running the grid, with lower social grades in particular being less confident understanding some aspects. For example 35% of lower social…
British Gas extends demand flexibility offering
…taking part in the PeakSave Sunday scheme. They have shifted a combined 1,116MWh of electricity to Sundays from other days of the week. The PeakSave scheme was originally devised as…
UK is facing an ‘energy security crunch point’
…storage capacity from 1GW today to 4GW in 2028.” Drax said that the scale of the crunch will play out when National Grid ESO runs its T-4 Capacity Market Auction…
Lightsource BP launches AI home energy assistant
…research and causing ‘energy anxiety’. This is hampering the consumer-driven shift to a low-carbon, low-cost energy future.” Powerverse said its platform uses AI fed with thousands of data points to…
Retailer plea for data release to unlock social tariff
…said. “The delivery mechanism would need to be simple but it’s possible if we start now.” Action on Bills urges government to acknowledge that it will need to pledge fresh…
Weekend Press: Energy efficiency taskforce axed after four meetings
…its output at times when its electricity cannot be used locally or transmitted to other areas of the country because of grid congestion. However, the Government has said that grid…
United Utilities fined £800k for draining aquifer
…Broughton Borehole Complex. Grant Batty, water services drector at United Utilities, said: “We apologised for the breach in water abstraction that happened five years ago in 2018. “We did not…
Customer satisfaction in utilities holds firm amid wider decline
The public’s satisfaction with utility companies has remained largely unchanged, despite a widespread decline in other sectors. Amid a general decline in scores, utilities have held steady in the latest…
Bullen backs tech to control ‘unwise’ customer spending
…announce a targeted energy bills support package before Parliament breaks for its summer recess next Friday (21 July). He said research Utilita conducted with the University of Oxford showed the…
More than 5m in debt to energy supplier
…promised by April 2024. Without immediate action, we risk re-running this same crisis every winter.” An Ofgem spokesperson said: “Ofgem shares the concerns of Citizens Advice about the issue of…
Weekend press: Macquarie to sell Cadent stake
…Gibson, a managing director at consultancy Berkeley Research Group, said: “There are a number of promising hydrogen technologies out there, but any buyer will need to engage proactively in the…
Weekend press: Ministers urged to publish Thames Water bailout plan
…April, which Thames Water bosses have previously said they do not have enough money to meet. Tim Whittaker, associate director at research institute EDHECinfra, which has covered Thames extensively, said:…
Wessex trial helps clear path for innovative permitting
…to install measures across their farms to reduce run-off. This P offsetting initiative aims to reduce the run-off from farmyards, tracks and fields by three tonnes per year by 2025…
Overcoming barriers to success on carbon reduction
…actionable insights and ensure quick, compliant reporting. Companies across the utilities sector and beyond are going one step further to standardise environmental data for improved scaled action. For example –…