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Just 11% trust energy firms on sustainability
…said they would save the money to pay for future energy bills, while half said they would spend it on an energy efficient appliance and 45% claimed they would improve…
2035 grid decarbonisation goal ‘out of reach’
…system would save British consumers £2.5 billion in energy costs in the event of a Ukraine war-style global gas price shock. Marc Hedin, head of research for the UK and…
‘You could never spend £28bn a year’: What Labour’s green pledge U-turn really means
…identified the planned capital investment splurge as an opportunity to paint Labour as profligate with public finances, prompting the opposition to inch back on its commitments. In the summer of…
AMP8: Why partnerships and innovative asset management will win the day
The business plans are in for AMP8 and there is distance to run on the regulatory process, but companies can’t wait until 1 April 2025 to get started. They need…
Austrian energy giant picks private LTE network
…and constraints on connectivity and data rates. “We have a lot of experience in those very tough terrains,” says Conway. Ideal for critical infrastructure The Westermo devices are strongly suited…
Robotics for utilities: What’s the verdict?
…have actually delivered,” explains Stewart Reid, head of future networks at SSEN Distribution. He says there’s a big difference between doing robots as a kind of sideline activity and deploying…
National Grid hails breakthrough drone permit
…and component damage. Mark Simmons, condition monitoring manager at National Grid Electricity Transmission, said: “This is a fantastic achievement for sees.ai and an important step in enabling National Grid to…
New Balancing Reserve service to be fully open to smaller units
…the ESO said it would save money it may otherwise have spent separately repositioning generators to be able to provide MFR. Following complaints that this would have locked many potential…
CCC: Net zero row back ‘likely to increase bills’
…from 2030 to 2035, while around a fifth of households were exempted from the mid-2030s ban on new gas boilers. In addition, moves to enforce more exacting energy efficiency standards…
‘Traditional’ mindset slowing smart meter rollout
…have high running costs. It said some time-of-use tariffs that enable consumers to save money by shifting their consumption to off-peak periods have been withdrawn due to the current market…
Call for heat pump grants to be extended to cover network costs
…the government said that it expected greater uptake during the second phase of the scheme which started in April and runs until March 2024. Last year, the National Infrastructure Commission…
Treasury urged to introduce clean heat discount to encourage heat pump uptake
…save consumers on average £130 a year if implemented in 2024/25. “Direct electric heating systems are used by a disproportionately high number of fuel poor homes. Therefore, making the exemption…
Coutinho pressed to save ‘boiler tax’ scheme by delaying fines
…potentially open to a High Court judicial review. Bean Beanland, director for growth & external affairs at the Heat Pump Federation, said: “They will almost certainly have to go back…
REMA | Nodal pricing and market decoupling officially ruled out
…said that mechanisms will be created to allow the delivery of new gas power plants, which the Climate Change Committee has advised will be required even after the transition to…
Zonal pricing will take at least five years to implement
Implementing zonal pricing would take at least five years, the government has said. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has committed to explore locational pricing plans further,…
Utilita CEO: Smart meter targets are fuelling ‘dumb’ decisions
…current rollout targets mean there is an unintended incentive for suppliers to install meters in ‘dumb mode’. Bullen said that counting dumb meters in the official figures incentivises installers to…
Has Sunak set a net-zero trap for Starmer?
…to 2035, while around a fifth of households were exempted from the mid-2030s ban on new gas boilers. In addition, moves to enforce more exacting energy efficiency standards on residential…
Ex British Gas CEO: Be bold to help vulnerable customers
…especially hard to identify. How to identify vulnerable customers For responsible businesses, the first step is to proactively identify vulnerable customers to exclude from certain marketing campaigns, where communications could…
How do I make switching simple and accelerate first-time switch success rates?
Against this backdrop, utility providers are under pressure to navigate the complexities of regulatory compliance and deliver a rapid switching service in a matter of days while providing a seamless…
Two firms fined for impersonating National Grid
…message that companies cannot avoid the law and avoid detection by the use of third-parties and overseas call centres. The ICO will continue to take action to ensure both the…