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Energy retailers urged to bring in their own social tariffs
…take the lead. There is, they said, “limited value” in running a trial when so much about how a social tariff would work depends on government and to some extent,…
National Grid hits milestone on £130m network upgrade
…refurbished, with completion of the fourth circuit expected in 2024. Edward Maddams, overhead line project manager for National Grid, said: “These are some staggering statistics when reflecting on the amount…
Thatcher’s energy secretary queries electric heat drive
…hydrogen for heat would be “too difficult”. He said: “It (the NIC) wants to dig up or close down entirely the existing retail gas distribution system as well, because it…
Gas turbines to be kept online to cover offshore wind delays
…will be turned into simpler open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT) power stations, which can be fired up more quickly to run as peaking plants, before 2030, according to Cornwall. However the…
Novel tariffs to be trialled across water sector
…all proposed running a trial in 2024-25. These vary from rising block tariffs, seasonal and peak demand charges, and essential use tariffs, all of which will be piloted this year…
Hinkley delay could benefit Drax
…potentially now have a period of time where you’ve lost a chunk of the existing nuclear fleet and the replacement isn’t ready,” said Young. He said the closure of the…
Centrica records bumper retail profits
…a £4 increase from dual running IT costs. When combined, the impact from incremental investment in service and from total dual running IT costs was around £100 million in 2023.”…
Vaccine mentality should be applied to zonal pricing
…said there is “no reason” why it should take so long and pointed to the accelerated roll out of the Covid-19 vaccines as an example of how much quicker governments…
2030 target risks long-term offshore wind roll out, Orsted warns
…questioned whether the 2030 target is still feasible when speaking at Aurora Energy’s Spring Forum. She said: “This runs a real risk of being actively detrimental to the industry, which…
Forecast surge in Demand Flexibility Service capacity fails to materialise
…they did, they would be exposed to the half-hourly settlement of high prices on the peak.” Coldwell said this requirement could be removed although the ESO is also looking at…
Only three of Energy Security Strategy’s 10 commitments have been met
…(FSO) and appoint an Electricity Networks Commissioner has been fulfilled with the government accepting all of Nick Winser’s recommendations to improve grid planning. The ECIU says the government’s commitments on…
All T-pylons for Hinkley connection now ‘fully wired up’
All of the T-pylons for the £900 million project to connect Hinkley Point C to the power grid are now “fully wired up”, National Grid has announced. The 400kV connection…
Sending the right signals
…network and are not intended to be cost-reflective. Ofgem said the overhaul would ensure that networks charges provide the right price signals to users to connect to and utilise electricity…
Northern Powergrid inks deal with Piclo Flex marketplace
…SP Energy Networks and Northern Powergrid – are now using the Piclo Flex marketplace, as well as the ESO. Northern Powergrid said it will be utilising the Markets module on…
Heat pump proposals ‘cut all the wrong corners’
…It also said households should have access to reliable advice on how running costs differ according to the levels of insulation. DESNZ said: “We want to strike an appropriate balance…
DFS expected to provide at least three times as much capacity
…Speaking to Utility Week, ESO head of national control Craig Dyke said he was confident that this year’s DFS will result in take-up of at least 1GW. “From speaking to…
Lack of choice fuelled backlash to Cadent’s hydrogen village
…July this year, the government pulled the plug on Cadent’s bid to run the UK’s first whole village scale hydrogen trial in Whitby, Cheshire. It came following a widespread backlash…
Demand Flexibility Service given green light
…during times of constraint from Monday 30 October. Claire Dykta, head of markets at the ESO, said that “creating more flexibility on our electricity system will be vital for running…
Return of the Mac
…tradition of independents running in my area and most of the council is independent,” he says. The UK’s place in the global race to net zero Angus MacNeil will be…
Record capacity procured in latest T-1 auction
…at LCP Delta, said: “By this time next week, the UK government will have run two separate auctions for power generators, a move that we predict could cost UK billpayers…