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Theresa May has pledged to explore how the UK can continue to participate in the EU’s internal energy market in her landmark speech setting out the government’s Brexit negotiation stance.
7 years ago
With a scandal in Northern Ireland and a damning NAO report for the rest of the UK, is the Renewable Heat Incentive reformable, or should it just be scrapped? David Blackman reports.
Listed utilities should explore shifting their businesses offshore to protect investors from the looming threat of nationalisation by Labour, according to analysts at Macquarie.
A groundbreaking tidal power project planned for Swansea Bay can be delivered on the same terms as the Hinkley Point nuclear power station, a Conservative MP has claimed.
8 years ago
Suppliers may face a higher borrowing costs and lower profits as a result of the
Customers could be left short changed if the energy price cap is only reviewed once every six months, an MP has warned.
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged that Labour would keep Britain in the EU internal energy market (IEM) and the Euratom nuclear co-operation treaty.
The level of the energy price cap will be reviewed every six months and extra safeguards will be included for customers on green default tariffs, the government has announced as it tables legislation to intervene in the supply market.
Details have been scant on how Labour's renationalisation plans would work in practice. Now, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has fleshed out the party's thinking. David Blackman looks at the arguments for and against the proposal.
Thames Valley Police (TVP) has described the scale of the investigation into the Didcot A power station as “almost unprecedented”.
