Energy networks

Exclude weak firms from opened-up network, warns National Grid

Utility Week Awards Judges’ Masterclass

Weekend press: Thames shareholders to inject £1bn

Government rejects transmission planning proposals

Industry grandees mull intractable sector quandaries

Ofgem CEO ‘frustrated’ with lack of pace on diversity

After After Diversity

Major milestone for ESO’s Local Constraint Market

The first end-to-end transactions of flexibility services for the ESO’s Local Constraint Market have been heralded as a success. A “world-first” trial saw households in Scotland increase their energy consumption to keep wind turbines online. The trial, led by Piclo, saw customers paid to turn-up their low carbon flex assets including heat pumps, electric vehicle chargers and electric heating.

Former regulators to share views with UW members

My family experiences shape diversity approach at Ofgem

Drax and ESO fail to strike deal on coal units returning

UKPN plans to bolster capacity at 98 substations

Ofgem clears path for Rough to operate until 2030

Ofgem confirms need for transmission upgrade in Yorkshire

Time-of-use tariff growth will squash demand diversity, warn network leaders

The arrival of market-wide half-hourly settlement (MHHS) will bring an end to demand diversity and create new overloading risks for power networks, industry leaders have told Utility Week. An industry veteran and energy flexibility expert said that if MHHS leads to widespread uptake of new time-of-use tariffs – as many anticipate – then the price signals associated with these will substantially flatten out variations in demand and could lead to network overloads.