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ESO unveils details of next Demand Flexibility Service
…bid to participate at £3/KWh or less they will be guaranteed to be accepted. This year’s GAP is set at the same level as last year. The ESO said the…
Desalination lessons from Singapore
…on developing further taps that we had greater control over. One of these was desalination. Beginning the desalination journey Any desalination plant is run by one of two mature processes…
REMA unpacked: Do market reforms go far enough?
…Smout, senior research associate for the British power market at consultancy Aurora Energy, says: “They’ve mostly opted for boring, iterative improvements over radical, potentially destabilising, reform options. They’ve mostly gone…
The importance of being flexible
…press: ‘Yes, I accept that.’ “We do the dispatch instructions and then afterwards we run the settlement so working out how they’ve performed and whether they should be paid or…
Lords: Rule on Centrica’s Rough hydrogen storage plans before its too late
…grid connection queues and planning delays for infrastructure jeopardise any energy plan. Working backwards from the Government’s 2035 commitment makes it clear that these areas need action now. Engage and…
Ovo urges standing charge reprieve for vulnerable
…Elsewhere, Ovo has announced a multi-million pound support package to further help its struggling customers, as well as funding charities such as StepChange. Raman Bhatia, chief executive of Ovo, said:…
Thames accused of being unprepared after thousands cut off
…that production rates were increased on Sunday to replenish network pipes. Defra, which coordinates response action with water companies during extreme weather events, said: “We will continue to monitor the…
Weekend press: Former minister took energy firm donation despite security concerns
…temporary chief executive and has also run Ofwat, warned that other companies are likely to run into financial problems. They have racked up more than £60 billion in debt in…
How water companies plan to ramp up smart meters
…reach 94.7% coverage, which is as close to complete coverage the company said would be logistically achievable given the pipe configurations of some properties. It said water use should fall…
Water firms failed to supply bottles to thousands during freeze
…“most companies had learned some key lessons from the 2018 freeze-thaw event and had taken action to improve their response to incidents”. However, the regulator’s report adds that as “such…
Ofgem slammed for allowing forced PPM installs before publishing review
…head of Fuel Bank Foundation, said: “We recognise suppliers are dealing with record levels of debt, which needs to be recovered, otherwise it’s paid by everyone, including vulnerable customers who…
Weekend press: More cash for wind farms near towns as net zero shift stretches grid
…aim is to halt an increase in ‘constraint payments’ – where wind and solar farms are paid to turn off their generators to stop them overloading the grid at peak…
Weekend press: Gas network battles revolt against hydrogen trial
…heat pump. Ms Campbell said: “There is no way to opt out and keep your gas. I know some people who have said they wouldn’t let the hydrogen people into…
Cadent puts £283bn price tag on heat pump switch over
…the full installation costs of hydrogen boilers are expected to be the same as those using natural gas, which is approximately £3,000. Cadent says the running costs of heat pumps…
Beware the siloed approach to data
…need. To inform actions, there is a need for good data governance at a whole system level. This will avoid bill-payers being committed to larger bills as sector specific approaches…
Southern: Bill hikes require visible performance improvement
…Following the negative reaction, he said the company has plans to ramp up how it communicates bill increases and help customers understand how money is spent. He said the social…
Can the sector innovate through troubled waters?
…on new ideas? “We simply can’t fix the water industry’s problems, with the money available, without innovation,” Nigel Watson, chief information officer, said in recognition of the need to do…
NHS fuel poverty omission is ‘missed opportunity’
…a missed opportunity.” The CFP chair also referenced the recent Warm Homes Prescription trial run by Energy Systems Catapult. During the trial, which was run with energy advice agencies and…
Plans for ‘electrical spine’ through Britain will ‘upset a lot of people’
…swathes of the country are unfortunately not.” Bell said it makes sense “to a degree” to try and avoid some of this controversy by routing cables offshore where it is…
Safety in numbers
…to cowboys. This long-running problem has once again been put in the spotlight in a review of the market by Future Energy Associates. The consultancy says “inadequate regulations, opportunistic suppliers…