Gas networks

Planning shake-up ‘should ban new connections to gas grid’

First boilers installed for hydrogen heating demo

Cadent first utility to join roads innovation partnership

Flat green gas levy would set ‘risky precedent’

UK needs clear strategy to take lead on hydrogen

Accessible and accurate network data holds the key to disaster-resilient grids

Northern Gas Networks: Transforming asset investment planning

Utility Week reviews the combination of asset management strategy overhaul and decision analytics which put Northern Gas Networks' RIIO2 business plan into a class of one.

Witcomb: No case for higher network returns

Town-scale trials needed to end ‘total paralysis’ on heating

The Green Recovery – major new report from Utility Week

Streamlining biomethane connections

National Grid signs 25-year contract for Grain LNG terminal

Ofgem reveals final network deferral charges

Ofgem has revealed the final amount of charges that have been deferred by network companies over a three-month period in response to Covid-19. In June three schemes were announced which allowed networks to put off up to £350 million worth of charges relating to gas transportation, electricity distribution and electricity transmission as a last resort. The schemes have now closed.

#AskUsAnything: Net zero – how local and how fast?

Join the chief executive of UK Power Networks, Basil Scarsella, and former Ofgem boss, Dermot Nolan, to discuss how the energy sector can respond to local decarbonisation targets.

Nolan: Ofgem needs government guidance ahead of ED2

Ofgem’s former chief executive has said the regulator needs statutory guidance on how its core objectives should reflect the net-zero journey before it assesses DNOs’ business plans for the next five years. Speaking to Utility Week, Dermot Nolan also expressed regrets about Ofgem’s approach to the energy retail market and why it was “painful” to see what had happened to the price cap.