Smart utilities

Asset mapping register to be rolled out nationwide

An underground mapping project created at Northumbrian's Innovation Festival has moved one step closer to national rollout after receiving ministerial backing from the Geospatial Committee.

Customer experience: Lessons from lockdown for energy suppliers

The UK’s lockdown period for coronavirus has prompted a mass recalibration of expectations around customer experience. How have consumers felt this change in their interactions with energy suppliers? And to what extent have suppliers been able to maintain control of the experience they have delivered for customers?

Scottish Power: RIIO2 will test scale of UK’s green ambitions

Ofgem’s draft determinations on RIIO2 next month must “send the right signals on the central role electricity networks have in delivering net zero”, according to Scottish Power. Ensuring the price control framework stimulates economic opportunities to drive forward decarbonisation is one of “10 practical steps for a green recovery” put forward by the company.

The art of the prediction: Mapping the road to 2035

To meet net-zero emissions targets, the UK government has taken the step to implement a ban on the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035. As an alternative, the government is pinning its hopes on the rollout of electric vehicles (EVs) to meet the transportation needs of consumers across the country. Geoff McGrath, managing director at CKDelta, discusses the role of anonymised data in supporting a smooth transition to a green transportation sector.

Energy UK: ‘EVs must be integral to car scrappage scheme’

Energy UK has backed limiting any post-lockdown car scrappage scheme to electric vehicles (EVs). The plea is made as part of a series of proposals put forward by the trade body on for the role that the energy sector can play in a Covid-19 economic recovery package.

National Grid calls for offshore electricity network

Government rules out mandating smart meter installations

Lessons from Down Under for AMP7

Drax and DCC expand smart meter offering to larger businesses

Moving your Customer Solutions to the Cloud: A 5 Step Guide

Utilities are confronted by a deluge of data on a daily basis. But as you gain more insight about your hardware, your software and your customers—their wants, their needs, their anxieties, their choice of solar panel installations—what are you doing with it?

Kaluza calls for roadmap to half-hourly settlement

Scottish government commits £62m to energy transition projects

A “net zero solution centre” and hydrogen hub are among the projects expected to be supported by a £62 million energy transition fund from the Scottish government.

Ofgem to impose new data requirements on networks

Anglian rolls out meters following successful trial

After a successful trial in Newmarket that saw consumption drop by 8 per cent, Anglian has announced a water meter rollout programme targeting up to 750 installations per day

Ofwat sets out its three-pronged approach to £200m innovation fund

CBI urges government to ‘build back better’

The Confederation of British Industry has made investment in the green economy one of its three asks of the government in forming an economic recovery plan. An open letter from the business body’s director-general Dame Caroline Fairbairn urged Boris Johnson to invest in EV charging networks and roll out a nationwide energy efficiency drive.

Flexibility trial sees ‘energy brain’ tested in UK homes

Communications for the new norm

Smart energy goes local

South West overhauls leakage for AMP7

South West Water has seen its leakage repair productivity rates soar in recent months compared to historic averages. Utility Week talks to the teams involved about the challenges AMP7 presents and how the company will tackle them.