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The number of metal thefts on the energy network has fallen by more than 60 per cent since December 2011, according to the Energy Networks Association (ENA)
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The price of carbon under the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) has fallen following a rejection of proposals aimed at increasing the cost of the allowances.
The Chinese were the rumoured frontrunners to buy Sutton and East Surrey Water as final bids were submitted this week.
United Utilities has made "significant progress" in Ofwat's customer service rankings, the company said in a trading update today.
Persuading the public of the benefits of insulating their homes will make or break the Green Deal. Trevor Loveday reports from a Utility Week/Pitney Bowes Software roundtable
"Events, dear boy, events." The famous - and quite possibly apocryphal - description by Harold Macmillan of what a prime minister fears most neatly sums up what's happened to the 20:20:20 targets introduced by a well-meaning group of European politicians in 2007. The targets, aimed at bringing energy policy in line with the sustainability agenda, were made in a different time, for a different world. As we show on page 16, their genesis coincided almost exactly with the unfolding of the worst financial crisis in nearly 100 years.
Ofwat said today that it was committed to allowing water companies to earn a return on capital linked to RPI for the wholesale part of their businesses. The regulator was speaking as it published its proposed methodology for the next price review, which will have separate price controls for the retail and wholesale parts of the business.
Beijing Water Authority has bid £300m for Sutton & East Surrey Water, according to reports.
The Scrap Metal Dealers Bill has been fast tracked through the House of Lords, to the delight of the energy networks.
Extending the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) to allow householders to compare their energy bills with neighbours could help them save up to £70 per year, claims a report by Policy Exchange.
Opposition claims that public funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been cut have been dismissed by the technology's trade association.
The office of fair trading (OFT) has found that some energy efficiency businesses are guilty of poor practice towards consumers.
Phil Bentley, the managing director of British Gas, is expected to leave the company while Centrica chief executive Sam Laidlaw will stay on.
Introducing or extending VAT for water services will have not have a material benefit because of the way water services are charged for in the UK, according to industry body Water UK.
Energy intensive industries must not be doubly compensated over carbon allowances, MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee warned today.
The Energy Bill has set the stage for EMR, but with most of the detailed design work yet to come, it's still very much the start of the show. Mark Bartholomew explains
Climate change negotiations have just concluded at Doha, and very soon now emissions controls will start to have a real impact on utilities, says Michael Wilkins
The eurozone crisis and political instability in the Middle East caused a lot of volatility in wholesale energy prices this year. Expect more of the same in 2013, says Magali Hodgson
As energy and water markets are overhauled, Nigel Hawkins looks back over the track record of government and regulators and finds them wanting
