Company strategy

On the Move: Marchant to chair Logan Energy

Octopus Energy to launch into hydrogen market  

DCC network is ‘credible option’ for enabling smart EV charging

Britain’s smart meter network is a "credible option" for enabling smart electric vehicle (EV) charging, despite a report warning against its mandatory use, the chief executive of the Data Communications Company (DCC) has argued. Angus Flett was speaking in response to a report produced on behalf of trade body Energy UK, which raised a number of concerns, including that the DCC network is specific to Great Britain, whilst the market for EVs is global.

Price cap increase results in March switching boost

EV drivers unhappy with public charging infrastructure

Final deadline passes for engineers facing sack in Centrica dispute

Everflow sets out growth ambitions

Everflow has set out plans to double its staff and increase turnover to £240 million in the next five years by focusing on its technology platforms after securing financing from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Thames Water hits half million smart meter milestone

Accelerating towards investment planning excellence – Affinity Water’s story

Young people most likely to have rationed energy over winter

More than half of people aged 18 to 34 have rationed their energy usage this winter due to concerns about cost, new research has revealed. A survey of 4,000 people conducted on behalf of Comparethemarket.com found more than two in five (43 per cent) of all households rationed energy during the season.

Electricity North West reveals £2bn business plan for RIIO ED2

Ebico rejoins market with Octopus white label deal

The local push to build smart communities

Good Energy appoints youth board  

Industry calls for VAT on green products to be axed

Bulb chief executive Hayden Wood and REA boss Nina Skorupska are among 32 industry figures who have written to Boris Johnson urging him to scrap VAT on green products. While the letter states the sector was “encouraged” with the chancellor pledging investment in green infrastructure projects in the recent budget, it said there was disappointment at the “lack of policies to help people play a part in reaching net zero”.