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Union calls for mass testing of power station workers

A leading energy union boss has urged mass testing of power station workers for coronavirus as the government includes utilities workers in its list of essential staff whose children will still be allowed to attend school following today. Justin Bowden, national secretary at the GMB, told Utility Week that more widespread testing for the virus would make it easier to keep staffing levels up by identifying who can work safely.

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Navigating compliance complexity in renewables

The focus on renewable energy is of paramount importance to the UK government; however, this has led to significant regulatory complexity and risk for energy players operating in the UK, explains Malcolm Gray.

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Prosperity should be for everyone

As part of our Regional Growth and Utilities series, Kerry Scott looks at the responsibilities and opportunities created by the UK’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda.

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Hold the applause

The Budget poured billions into the economy but showed much less appetite for green measures. With all attention now on fighting coronavirus, climate action is on hold, as David Blackman reports.

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Business resilience versus the coronavirus

Within just a month coronavirus has soared to the top of the world’s lexicon, but for lifeline businesses like utilities ‘resilience’ is now running a close second, writes Suzanne Heneghan

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Ofgem postpones RIIO2 open hearings

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Union in coronavirus talks with utility bosses

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‘Cash for ash’ inquiry says Ofgem’s oversight was inadequate

Ofgem did not provide the Northern Irish government with a good enough service when administering the province’s botched renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme, the chair of the long running inquiry into the issue has concluded.

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Flow battery firm RedT merges with US peer

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Weekend press round-up: Utilities brace for coronavirus impact

As some workers are kept home by the coronavirus pandemic, EDF is considering offering those affected a reprieve from payments, while the energy industry grapples with the effects on electricity demand. Meanwhile, planning applications for renewable energy projects hit a new high – all in the latest round-up of the weekend’s papers.

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Northern Ireland’s RHI scheme was a ‘project too far’, inquiry finds

Northern Ireland’s devolved administration over-reached itself when it launched its version of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, according to a damning report into the province’s “cash for ash” scandal.

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Cloudy future means politicians must place ‘multiple bets’

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DNOs plead for clarity on pandemic position

A senior figure at one of the country’s distribution network operators (DNO) has called for a clear message on how its workers will be treated if the coronavirus spread becomes a pandemic in the UK. They said Ofgem needed to confirm which licence conditions would be relaxed in such a situation and that a discussion was also necessary about social distancing rules for lifeline service providers.

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Cave says RIIO-2 will include ‘substantial’ net-zero re-openers

Ofgem chairman Martin Cave has said the regulator is “wrestling” with how to address net-zero commitments in the price control process.

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The Great Correction?

The bloodbath on the stock market this week saw shares in the likes of Centrica, BP and Shell plummet, while the water companies and National Grid remained resilient. Analyst Nigel Hawkins discusses the varying fortunes of the listed utilities as they navigate a volatile market.

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Power to the people: Reinventing the grid

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Budget promises £800m for CCS but ‘fails to close climate policy gap’

The government has pledged the construction of at least one gas-fired carbon capture and storage power station by 2030 and announced a new grant scheme for low-carbon heating. But, in his first Budget new chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak has disappointed environmentalists by freezing the carbon price. Utility Week assesses the main takeaways for the sector and gauges reaction.

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Utility Week Live suspended to 10-11 November 2020

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Industry’s wait for national infrastructure vision continues

News that the long awaited National Infrastructure Strategy had been delayed caused widespread frustration among Utility Week sources this week, long hoping to hear precisely how the £100billion earmarked for UK infrastructure investment will be used, writes Utility Week magazine editor Suzanne Heneghan

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UK Power Networks opens up access to data

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