Strategy, policy & regulation

Water retailers fear impact of wholesaler uncertainty

Octopus: Customers suffer every time MHHS is delayed

Labour spending boost to benefit community power projects

Transport, school buildings and community power projects are some of the areas that could benefit from Labour’s plans to increase net zero investment, Ed Miliband has revealed. The shadow energy secretary of state outlined how the opposition plans to spend its plans to boost net zero investment to £28 billion during the next Parliament, at a net zero conference in London this week.

Ofwat: We should have stepped in sooner to tackle debt

Ofwat’s chief executive has admitted that the regulator should have intervened in 2006 to prevent water companies becoming loaded with debt. David Black told a House of Lords inquiry that light touch approaches to regulation in the early 2000s had given private equity a route into the sector, but that Ofwat was now using “every tool” to bring high gearing levels down.

Removing price cap creates ‘fear factor’ for consumers

Performance woes hamper Thames’ equity hopes

Green Energy UK rebrands as 100Green

Thames interim leaders reassure staff in leaked video message

The interim bosses of Thames Water have stressed that the company is in a "strong" position in a video message recorded for all employees. In the video - marked as "secret" - interim co-CEOs Cathryn Ross and Alastair Cochran urge staff to continue work as normal despite growing uncertainty about the company's future. 

Industrial sites back hydrogen conversion

ECO scheme ‘beginning to fail’

Trade bodies urge CfD reform to end ‘race to the bottom’

Consultants ‘cautious’ about bidding for Thames work

Ofgem explores price cap alternative

EfW plants to be included in UK carbon market

The government is pressing ahead with plans to include energy from waste (EfW) plants in the UK’s post-Brexit emissions trading system (ETS). All waste incineration, including EfW plants, will be brought under the ETS' umbrella in 2028, with a two-year phase-in period beginning in 2026.

Energy customer debt more than doubles in five years

Thames turmoil puts supply chain ‘on edge’

White Paper: Correction of the altitude effect in low pressure natural gas distribution networks

Exclude weak firms from opened-up network, warns National Grid

Utility Week Awards Judges’ Masterclass

O’Shea: Scrap standing charge to make bills fairer