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Northern Powergrid teaches students about vulnerability

Northern Powergrid's "Watt a Community" project, created in association with the Ahead Partnership, returns for a second year to promote its priority services register and encourage local communities to support vulnerable people during power cuts.

6 years ago

Passiv Systems lands £2.4m green gas contract

Energy software management company PassivSystems has announced it has secured a £2.4 million contract to help deliver a wider connection of green gas into the networks.

6 years ago

SSE forks out £700,000 as it misses gas smart meter target

SSE's domestic retail business SSE Energy Services missed its gas smart meter installation target last year and will pay out £700,000 to Ofgem's consumer redress fund to make amends.

6 years ago

Yorkshire Water donates £200,000 for pollution incident

Yorkshire Water has donated £200,000 to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust through an Enforcement Undertaking (EU) following a pollution incident near Doncaster.

6 years ago

Natural England grants organisational licence to Southern Water

6 years ago

SES Water increases customers on social tariff

6 years ago

United Utilities announces long-term partnerships

United Utilities has announced it has awarded a number of long-term contracts to businesses based in its North West operating area.

6 years ago

Water bill rise prompts further call to renationalise industry

As water and sewerage bills increase by an average of 2 per cent for homes in England and Wales from today (1 April), the GMB union has reignited calls to take the industry back into public ownership.

6 years ago

Octopus launches new export tariff following FIT closure

6 years ago

Npower launches price cap tracker tariff

Big six supplier Npower has launched a standard variable tariff (SVT) price cap tracker tariff following a successful trial earlier this year.

6 years ago

Water industry reveals details of revised PR19 plans

A total of 14 water companies have submitted their revised business plans for the 2019 price review, PR19 to Ofwat today (1 April).

6 years ago

Ofgem’s revised price cap comes into effect

Energy industry regulator Ofgem’s revised price cap on standard variable tariffs (SVTs) comes into effect today (1 April).

6 years ago

Ofwat to ‘closely scrutinise’ revised PR19 business plans

Most water companies in England and Wales will be resubmitting their PR19 business plans to Ofwat today (1 April) after the regulator took a tough stance on all but three at the end of January.

6 years ago

Levels of customer market engagement ‘reduced slightly’

Levels of customer engagement with the market “reduced slightly” between October 2018 and January this year, figures from Uswitch.com have revealed.

6 years ago

Electricity North West launches zero-carbon plan

Electricity North West has announced plans to decarbonise the entire region within the next 20

6 years ago

Octopus partners with smart EV cable Ohme

6 years ago

Gridserve to build £1bn network of ‘Electric Forecourts’

6 years ago

Debt Conference report: Face up to the tyranny of debt

Just as delegates took their seats for Utility Week’s 11th Consumer Debt conference in Birmingham

6 years ago

SSEN to begin procuring flexibility across entire network

6 years ago

Is it time to get tougher on TPIs?

Business energy switching gets less attention than the domestic market, but things are changing with calls for more regulation and an Ofgem review on the cards, reports Rachel Willcox.

6 years ago