Strategy, policy & regulation

Ofgem fast tracks blackout protections for critical sites

ESO to accelerate additional grid capacity

Trio of smart metering projects win funding

Playing off billpayers against taxpayers is ‘zero sum game’

Call to ditch price cap and introduce a social tariff

UK Infrastructure Bank invests in domestic battery production

Energy retailers could make £1.7bn profit over next year

Two-track strategic network plan proposed

Can DNOs make the case for smart grids in time?

Public backs new grid infrastructure

Green light for SSEN’s £488m Skye power line upgrade

SSEN’s £488 million proposal to upgrade power lines between Fort Augustus and the Isle of Skye has been given the green light. Ofgem approved the plans after ruling that “there is sufficient evidence of a clear needs case for the Skye project on the basis that there is the need for asset intervention and that new generation has shown enough progress to warrant adding additional capacity to the Skye circuit”. The plans include replacing the existing single 132kV overhead line (OHL) which spans across 160km between Fort Augustus on the mainland to Ardmore on the Isle of Skye.

Weekend press: Shapps to slash energy bill support

Grid equipment and design should be standardised

Don’t kick the can down the road on smart water metering

Government sets out approach for regulating heat networks

Energy secretary to get national security veto over FSO

Octopus objects to additional bad debt allowance in PPM cap

Winser backs lump sums for homes close to new power lines

How to shut down a gas network

CfD boost is ‘too little, too late’