Energy retail

Ofgem slams Utilita’s ‘ill-founded’ CMA appeal

Ofgem rejects smart meter data sharing proposal

Customer service standards for retailers tightened

Ofgem risks capacity unless DFS approved now

Switching remained buoyant in September

Weekend press: Cost of nationalising Britain’s energy grid could be paid for in a decade

This weekend after party conferences from Labour and the Conservatives, pledges and promises have been scrutinised in the news including the potential cost to re-nationalise the energy grid; elsewhere, proposals by water companies to raise bills to invest record sums face backlash while smart metering gets a boost.

ESO to introduce greater price competition for DFS tests

Labour moots green social tariff

Wholesale market reform could deliver “permanent” social tariffs by scrapping existing “pile it high, sell it cheap” retail arrangements and enabling low income customers to benefit from cheaper, renewable electricity, Alan Whitehead has claimed. In a fringe meeting at the Labour Party conference, the shadow energy security minister outlined what he acknowledged is the opposition’s “not finalized” thinking on reforms to the retail and wholesale markets. If elected, an incoming Labour government’s “day one” priorities would include fixing the electricity grid and setting up its Great British Energy public company, he said.

Market Stabilisation Charge will expire in 2024

Ofgem proposes bill hikes to cover record supplier debt

Managing regulatory risk in B2B energy

Ovo completes SSE migration four years after takeover

Code of conduct to keep flexibility providers in check

‘Don’t blame the cap for a lack of competition … it’s because nobody is innovating’

The co-chief executive of Utility Warehouse, Stuart Burnett, talks to Adam John about the need to move away from a “destructive” model of price-based competition to a market where innovation is allowed to drive progress. He also explains why 60,000 “partners” are at the heart of the company’s plans for growth.

Calls for energy flexibility building metric