Gas networks

Pipe up: independent connections providers

Independent connections firms are flourishing because they focus on the customer.

Modest margins and fair prices

Energy retailers need to seize control of the debate over fairness of energy prices – RMR could worsen outcomes for consumers, say Thomas Haller, Richard Greenwood and Christopher Peacock.

Utility Week expert view

Huhne: make US share shale gas bounty

Centrica scraps ‘uneconomic’ gas storage plans

Davey makes the case for environmentally-friendly shale

The big picture: growing strains

When is tax and spend not tax and spend? When it’s pro-gas

One thing about sitting with your nose pressed very close to a book of legislative clauses for three weeks is that it gets you thinking about some of the more arcane bits of what is in front of you. There are several - ahem - fairly obscure bits of the upcoming legislation that I think are really going to cause trouble in the future - policy implications apart, which I may well set out for your delight in the near future. But for starters here's a continuing puzzle about how capacity payments are going to be viewed in the Energy Bill.

Fallon: government will not subsidise gas storage

There will be no subsidy for new gas storage, government announced on Wednesday, after an analysis concluded fears of supply shortage were unjustified.

Rising gas price ‘will boost Drax earnings’

British Gas appoints smart metering commercial director

National Grid drills North Sea carbon dioxide storage site

Phoenix Natural Gas sells for £700m

RWE Npower seeks consent for £1bn gas pipeline

Lights on, prices up