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Good Energy, which has already hit out at Ofgem this week, directs its fire at Ovo - rubbishing the latter's green credentials and accusing it of doing "effectively nothing to support the growth of renewable generation in the UK".
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National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt writes for Utility Week about how the committee’s new recommendations on securing resilience would affect the sector.
Last month’s solar installations reached their lowest number since the government began collecting monthly statistics in 2014. However, the sector was buoyed by news that the country’s largest solar park ever has been granted planning permission.
Biomass fuel supplier Stobart Energy has announced it has appointed a new chief executive amidst a series of changes to its board. Elsewhere in the sector, South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water has appointed a former Pennon executive director has its new managing director.
The government faces a High Court bid to force a review of its planning regime for energy infrastructure projects because the underpinning policy document does not reflect new policies to tackle climate change.
SSE has submitted a five-point action plan to the government, aimed at putting the net-zero journey at the heart of the post-pandemic economic recovery. In it, the company says that setting a new target for decarbonising the power sector by 2040 could be the cornerstone of any green recovery.
In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, Ofgem is urged to defer an estimated £500 million bill for balancing costs arising from Covid-19; energy suppliers warn of the impact of rising delinquency rates among business customers and an appeal against new gas turbines being constructed at Drax Power Station is dismissed.
Talks are believed to be underway between Ofgem and energy suppliers over the possibility of suspending network charges for three months. However, Neil Cornelius, managing director at global consulting firm Berkeley Research Group, warned such plans could risk retailers building up additional debts.
