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RIIO2 framework for electricity distribution confirmed

RIIO2 framework for electricity distribution confirmed

Ofgem has confirmed the framework for the second RIIO price control for electricity distribution starting in 2023. The regulator said it will reach a decision on the sector specific methodology by the end of next year.  

5 years ago

Don’t mislead customers about lower bills, warns CCWater

5 years ago

Review of 2019: A year that made history

5 years ago

SSE CEO: Government needs ‘world-leading net zero roadmap’

Alistair Phillips-Davies says the next parliament will be critical in setting the UK up for net zero success. He adds that the government needs a "world-leading net zero roadmap".

5 years ago

Ofwat: Firms could lose as well as gain from CMA referrals

The director heading up PR19 has defended the regulator's “tough and proactive” final determinations and insisted "we are happy to take any challenges through the CMA process".

5 years ago

Ofgem minded to allow Ovo claim for £13m in SoLR costs

5 years ago

Yu Group signs exclusive trading agreement with Smartest Energy

5 years ago

Breaking Ground: The latest projects across the sector

Utility Week takes a look at some of the projects happening around the sector. The include network upgrades in England and a hydro electric plant in Scotland.

5 years ago

Osaka investment values Igloo at £45m

Igloo announced Osaka Gas was investing "up to £20m" . The challenger energy supplier's CEO said his company was looking to expand into the heat pump market.

5 years ago

Osaka Gas takes £20m stake in Igloo Energy

SES Water backer, Osaka Gas, has taken a minority stake in Igloo Energy, which has 85,000 residential customers. The firm said the investment would help fast-track the development of its home services arm.

5 years ago

CMA gives Ovo green light to buy SSE

The £500m deal between the challenger brand and the big six supplier was agreed earlier this year. SSE had previously tried to merge its retail arm with Npower.

5 years ago

Transmission networks reveal plans to spend £13.7bn

5 years ago

All bets are off for PR19

5 years ago

Publicly-owned water sector ‘makes economic, social and environmental sense’

Water has become the poster child for Labour’s renationalisation plans so it is little surprise that industry figures have taken a unanimously critical line. However, sector veteran Jacob Tompkins, believes this defence of privatisation has gone too far and that the sector should instead focus on why Labour’s plans have caught the public mood.

5 years ago

Would nationalisation really be ‘fiscally neutral’?

5 years ago

Smartest Energy buys business supplier Dual Energy

5 years ago

Anglian alters totex to meet PR19 challenges

5 years ago

Suppliers leave market owing £100m in RO payments

Ofgem has confirmed the outstanding amount of Renewable Obligations payments, meaning mutualisation will be triggered for the second time in as many years. The regulator has named the suppliers which still owed money as of the late payment deadline.

5 years ago

Ofgem minded to allow Shell Energy to recoup £354,000 in SoLR costs

First Utility, which later rebranded to Shell Energy, took on the customers of Usio Energy in October 2018. Ofgem is now consulting on its decision to allow the company to recoup £354,000 in costs.

5 years ago

BP increases stake in solar developer Lightsource

5 years ago

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