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DNOs get go-ahead to offer voltage control as balancing service

DNOs get go-ahead to offer voltage control as balancing service

Ofgem has given the green light to distribution network operators (DNOs) to continue providing voltage control as a flexibility service to National Grid Electricity System Operator, despite strong concerns from key industry stakeholders. Energy UK said its members consider the service "unfair, anti-competitive and in conflict with Ofgem’s principle that regulated monopolies should not be involved in the provision of flexibility services". However, the regulator dismissed the criticisms as "overstated".

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Resilience: The bogeyman

Urgently needed interventions for long term energy resilience are being hobbled in a mire of market disincentives for investment and strategic ambiguity, according to energy network leaders.

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National Grid’s ‘eye in the sky’ to boost network resilience

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What will the energy networks of the future look like?

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Low-hanging fruit on energy efficiency largely gone

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ED2 uncertainty mechanisms leave ‘a lot to sort out’

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Ofgem sending ‘wrong signal’ to DNOs

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Octopus wins Utility of the Year 2022

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Energy innovation is a global success story – but how do we maintain momentum?

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National Grid gas arm sale to complete next month

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Weekend press: Cutting energy prices will take years

Our latest round up of national coverage of the utility sectors this weekend includes a warning that high energy prices are set to remain; delays are expected on a project linking solar generation in northern Africa to the UK; and Octopus' acquisition of Bulb is likened to the Lloyds-HBOS deal in 2008.

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Utilities among most inclusive employers in UK

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Penrose: Ofgem is too soft on monopolies

Ex-Rishi Sunak regulation adviser John Penrose MP has accused utility watchdogs of giving an “overly-easy ride” to the monopolies they police. He called for economic regulators to ensure that monopoly utility businesses make a "bit less money on average" than other companies in exchange for "ultra-stable profits".

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‘No nasty surprises’ in ED2 final determinations

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UKPN launches largest flexibility tender

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How to keep talking when the power goes out

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On the Move: SSE CEO joins Anglian

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Transforming the energy market for a sustainable net-zero future

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Kraken boosts networks offering with Depsys acquisition  

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A data-sharing register will be game-changing for asset owners

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