Company strategy

Who should pay for the energy transition?

Economist Richard Green assesses the options for sharing out the costs of decarbonisation fairly.

Leep Utilities secures IGT licence from Ofgem

BEIS announces smart system funding competition

UK Research and Innovation will provide up to £3 million to support projects which improve the efficiency of local energy systems, BEIS has announced. Projects could include those that help balance the electricity grids and those which reduce carbon emissions.

Utilities make the invisible visible

Energy firms urged to accelerate solar export tariff offers

Sector’s own goals are making nationalisation an easy sell

Penalties and payments leave Southern Water at a loss

Southern Water has posted a pre-tax loss of £253.6 million in its financial results for

Ofwat proposes £200m innovation fund

GoCompare offers energy switching to bank customers

Price comparison website GoCompare has partnered with B, a mobile banking app, to provide more than 300,000 of its customers with energy switching services.

Southern Water under investigation by DWI over historic performance

In its annual report Southern Water revealed details of the investigations it is being subjected to by both the Drinking Water Inspectorate and the Environment Agency.

New EV chargers should offer ‘pay as you go’ by 2020

Report shows ‘disparity’ in complaint satisfaction figures

A YouGov survey of a nationally representative sample found a disparity between how many customers energy retailers thought were satisfied compared with what customers were saying.

Making sense of data is key to managing sector’s aging infrastructure

Three quarters of people ‘not concerned’ about water shortages

The report reinforces the challenge companies have of engaging and influencing customers, according to Baringa Partners.

Cuadrilla to resume fracking at Blackpool site

Cuadrilla has announced it is set to resume fracking and the flow testing of natural