David Blackman

Government declares intent to keep UK linked to EU ETS post Brexit

Political Agenda this week: ‘Nuclear finds itself in an unfriendly environment’

Business and energy secretary Greg Clark will know the feeling. Last week, he was in

Last ditch plea to continue EU-UK energy alignment

A wide-ranging coalition of industry regulators and industry bodies have urged Michel Barnier and Dominic

Ministers could have ‘salvaged’ Moorside nuclear project

The government could have stopped Toshiba from pulling the plug on its plans for a

Progress tackling fuel poverty is ‘stalling’, committee reveals

The government has been urged to target energy bill subsidies for low income and pensioner customers much more tightly on fuel poor households by its own statutory adviser.

Toshiba pulls plug on Cumbria nuclear power plant plans

The last Budget before Brexit contained little for utilities

It was the longest Budget speech in nearly 20 years, clocking in at an hour

Political Agenda this week: “The £1,137 cap is unlikely to end the energy price debate”

It is unlikely to end the energy price debate, though. Consultancy Cornwall has forecast, based

Gas safety rules ‘block’ decarbonisation of heating network

Gas safety regulations should be updated to spur the development of low carbon heating by allowing the pipe network to transport hydrogen, MPs have been told.

Brexit ‘not likely’ to impact security of energy supply

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published its latest annual report on the security of the UK’s energy supplies.