James Wallin

British Gas failed to tell PPM customers about top-up changes

ED2: How local, how flexible, how fast?

Northern Powergrid has launched the first stage in compiling its business plan for the RIIO ED2 price control. Utility Week speaks to the company’s policy and markets director, Patrick Erwin, about a tiered approach to engaging consumers, learnings from the gas and transmission networks and acting as a “force for good”.

Calon Energy administrators mothball power plants

Covid fails to derail major UU project

United Utilities’ mammoth Cumbrian water treatment works project is set to hit a host of new construction landmarks despite coronavirus challenges.

Weekend press round-up: Consumers don’t understand their energy bills

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, a new study has shown energy bills are considered among the most difficult for customers to decipher. Meanwhile, there are reports on trends in electricity switching and demands for universities to go faster on decarbonisation.

Scarsella backs uncertainty mechanisms for ED2

SSE launches demand side response platform

SSE Enhance is described as a smart grid, aggregation and trading platform that will give customers access to the wholesale market, balancing mechanism and ancillary services.

#AskUsAnything: Innovation – is Covid an obstacle or opportunity?

Contractor seeks £49m from National Grid

Costain is pursuing National Grid to recover costs from work on the upgrade of gas compressor stations in Peterborough and Huntingdon. The contractor agreed to exit the contracts in June after disputes over changes to the schemes’ design and scope.

Balancing costs rose 39 per cent during pandemic