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Weekend press round-up: Energy suppliers urged not to force customers onto PPMs

This week's round-up of national news from the weekend includes energy suppliers being urged to stop "forcing" customers onto prepayment meters amid calls to name and shame those companies that compel users to move to these tariffs. Elsewhere the Bulb Octopus deal is set to pay a handsome return to the Treasury; EV battery production in the UK is called into question; and Severn Trent's boss Liv Garfield is tipped for the top job at Vodafone

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ESO orders demand flexibility service to go live for first time

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Capacity Market changes set out exit strategy from gas

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Celtic Sea floating wind boom ‘within reach’

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Gas plants fuel SSE profits outlook

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Demanding change: Is DFS a game-changer or gimmick?

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Nuclear adviser warns against betting on single reactor technology

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The Crown Estate signs leasing agreements for six offshore wind farms

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‘Major incident’ as 70 Hinkley workers involved in bus crash

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BEIS and Ofgem aim to ‘kickstart’ smart charging market

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Weekend press round-up: Suppliers stop clawing back debts via PPMs

In our latest round-up of the weekend press, suppliers stop clawing back debts from customers on prepayment meters, an energy boss warns high energy bills are here to stay and Anglian Water is fined £500,000 after sewage discharges led to the death of thousands of fish.

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The Information Gap: overcoming the challenges of modernising utilities and process industries

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Skidmore urges faster pace on rebalancing gas and electricity prices

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Drax pays out £6m following ‘excessively expensive’ Balancing Mechanism bids

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Networks accused of ‘gold plating’ grid connections

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Wind generation exceeds 21GW for first time

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Scots government launches review of offshore wind target

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Tougher penalties for Capacity Market non-delivery proposed

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Britishvolt in sale talks

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Weekend press round-up: Energy bill support for firms to be cut

In our latest review of sector coverage in the national media, there are multiple reports that the government will announce reduced support for business energy bills today, as trade bodies warn of the strain their members are under. Meanwhile, an influential Conservative committee has called for communities living near new onshore wind and solar farms to be given 100% discounts on their energy bills and there are warnings that England faces further droughts this summer.

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