Finance and investment

Ofgem proposes to increase performance penalties for DCC

Appellant water companies say CMA did not go far enough

Plugging into EV infrastructure investment opportunities

iSupply pays out after blocking almost 23,000 switches

iSupply Energy is to pay more than half a million pounds in redress after almost 23,000 of its customers were blocked from switching over an eight-year period. The company is in the process of being wound down after EDF Energy acquired its more than 190,000 customer accounts from the Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall in March this year.

Voices of the future: Generation net zero

In the final part of the series, Adam John speaks to the winners of the Young Energy Professionals awards about how their generation considers the net-zero challenge.

Witcomb: No case for higher network returns

Unlocking the future for networks

Fletcher: Customer engagement must increase for PR24

Government orders review into water affordability

Brearley: Ofgem must evolve to adapt to changing sector

Ofgem must undergo organisational changes to adapt to the ever-evolving energy landscape, the regulator’s chief executive Jonathan Brearley has said. In his keynote address at Utility Week’s Build Back Better forum Brearley outlined key ways in which the regulator plans to support the scale of change over the next few years.

Voices of the future: Lessons from Covid

The energy industry has laid the foundations for net zero but it is the next generation of sector leaders that will be responsible for ensuring the 2050 target is achieved. From shifts in energy demand to how we deal with vulnerable customers, Covid-19 has resulted in a number of big changes this year. In the second of a series of articles, Adam John speaks to the winners of the Young Energy Professionals awards and asks them what lessons they think will be learned from the pandemic

Introducing the voices of the future

The energy industry has laid the foundations for net zero but it is the next generation of sector leaders that will be responsible for ensuring the 2050 target is achieved. In the first of a series of articles, Utility Week talks to the five winners of the Young Energy Professionals Awards 2020 to gauge their views on everything from decarbonisation to diversity. We start with how young people perceive the energy sector and how this is changing.

Engie launches net zero home retrofit solution

Energy services provider Engie has launched a whole house retrofit solution, a “one-stop shop” which will “decentralise, digitalise and decarbonise homes”. The company says its Engie Zero offering is designed to combat the threat posed by existing housing stock to the UK’s net zero goals.

Government extends price cap

UK-only ETS ‘would be worst of all worlds’