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Local power pricing proposals spark fears over fairness

Prioritise sewage treatment over new reservoirs, argues committee chair

Don’t rush wholesale market reform, urges Anderson

Tories backtracking on climate change, warns former top aide

Bills package has sparked innovation ‘hiatus’

Government mulls energy saving campaign

Minister confirms Energy Security Bill is under review

The government is reviewing the Energy Security Bill, recently-appointed climate minister Graham Stuart has confirmed to Utility Week. It is the first time the government has officially commented on speculation that the Bill, which enshrines key developments from the future system operator to heat network regulation, was being re-assessed. Stuart told Utility Week that despite the review he recognised the bill was full of "very important measures".

Public ‘will not forgive’ government for winter blackouts

Grid exports for first time since 2010

The UK became a net exporter of electricity for the first time since 2010 in the second quarter of this year, according to new government statistics. A record high 4 TWh of electricity was exported between April and June on the back of a boom in renewable generation.

Government nuclear vision has ‘no substance’, warns union