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Pressure is on the sector to reform REGO certificates  

Pressure is on the sector to reform REGO certificates  

There is more pressure on the energy sector to reform Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin certificates following the move by Ovo to ditch them, an industry expert has suggested. Kit Dixon, senior policy and regulation manager at Good Energy, was speaking to Utility Week following the major move announced by its rival supplier. Meanwhile former SSE director Tom Bent told Utility Week that he does not believe other suppliers will be rushing to follow Ovo’s lead.

2 years ago

Ovo announces closure of Boost

2 years ago

What is the best way to deploy DFS next winter?

2 years ago

Bill discount scheme to launch without portal

The energy discount scheme aimed at providing additional support for Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETIIs) and heat networks will launch next week without an application portal. Instead an Excel spreadsheet has been launched as an “interim solution”, however the government has admitted that it may not be fit for purpose for claimants looking to make larger applications. Make UK told Utility Week that the lack of an application portal could prove problematic if energy prices rise triggering a large number of claims.

2 years ago

DFS needs third-party switching mechanism

2 years ago

Business support scheme cost £12.5bn less than estimated

The government’s winter energy support scheme for business has cost just a third of the amount the Treasury estimated last autumn, new official statistics show. Suppliers received £5.9bn from the Energy Bills Relief Scheme (EBRS), some £12.5bn less than the £18.4bn forecasted cost.

2 years ago

Innovation is shaping visions of the UK grid in 2050

How cany energy networks, suppliers and regulators collaborate effectively around whole system innovation? Dan Clarke, head of innovation at the Energy Networks Association looks at the key challenges the sector is grappling with and where fresh thinking can forge solutions.

2 years ago

Southern Water social tariff not claimed by most vulnerable

2 years ago

Ofgem considers tweaks to debt allowances after PPM pause

2 years ago

Grid connection delays are ‘unacceptable’, minister admits

Long waits for developers to secure grid connections are “unacceptable”, energy ministers have said during DESNZ question time. Energy secretary Grant Shapps also said the introduction of a cut price social tariff for low income customers “could be very helpful”.

2 years ago

Energy security concerns fuel business appetite for hydrogen

Mounting concerns about energy security are leading business leaders to back hydrogen as part of their energy improvement strategies. Businesses now view energy security and resilience as the second biggest threat to their organisations, according to Centrica’s survey on businesses decarbonisation plans.

2 years ago

REGOs have ‘outlived original purpose’

2 years ago

Energy suppliers should absorb bad debt, consumers say

Britons “instinctively oppose” the force-fitting of prepayment meters (PPMs) as a debt recovery measure, Ofgem’s review into the practice concludes. Instead, British energy consumers believe that suppliers should absorb debt within their perceived profits. The consumer research was released alongside a new code of practice which tightens the rules on forced PPM installations.

2 years ago

Firms face ‘severe’ fines for missing smart meter targets

2 years ago

PPM code ‘necessary’ but bad debt fears mount

2 years ago

Ovo to end using REGOs

2 years ago

DCC network ‘clearly not up to scratch’

2 years ago

Weekend Press: High costs and uncertainties cast a chill over Britain’s heat pump market

2 years ago

Call for smart meter mandate to complete rollout

2 years ago

Ofgem increases RO mutualisation thresholds

2 years ago

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