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Drought rating labels proposed for gardens

Supporters of Affinity Water’s efficiency campaign have called for a labelling scheme to encourage gardeners to choose plants that require less water.

5 years ago

Options to evolve Capacity Market proposed

The government is consulting on proposals to widen the scope for inclusion in the Capacity Market. The consultation comes as the latest Capacity Market auction cleared at £6.44 per kilowatt per year – the lowest price yet

5 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Sale of petrol and diesel cars to be banned five years earlier

Reports on the fall-out of the sacking of Claire Perry O’Neill as COP26 chair and government plans to accelerate the EV rollout featured in this weekend’s papers. There is also a profile of the local grid project while Scottish Water’s CEO gives his view on how the industry should respond to the challenges of climate change.

5 years ago

Smart Metering Systems hits 1.2m installations

Smart Metering Systems says the proposed introduction of compulsory annual installation targets for energy suppliers will help more “evenly spread” the smart meter rollout. In a trading update, the smart meter installer and manager revealed its portfolio grew by 44 per cent to 1.2 million during 2019.

5 years ago

Political Agenda: Select committees may be less potent in this Parliament

Utility Week policy correspondent, David Blackman, gives his weekly insight into what's happening in the corridors of power.

5 years ago

Regional growth and utilities: Power to the regions

5 years ago

Tory opposition to onshore wind “thawing”

Voter concern about climate change is impacting on Conservative thinking, a leading Tory environmentalist has suggested. However, translating this into an overturning of the existing block on onshore wind farms will still be “really tricky”.

5 years ago

‘Customers are for life, not just for a price review’

PR19 has been the water sector's most customer-focused ever with more than five million people involved in the writing of the business plans. CCWater and Ofwat discuss how the research should be used as an opportunity to learn more about customers, not as a box-ticking exercise

5 years ago

Trading places – energy co-operation in a post-Brexit world

5 years ago

Utilities 2020: The year ahead for energy and water

5 years ago

Brexit: It’s the final countdown

The countdown may well have begun on the final hours to Brexit, but the clock is ticking on the detail, says Suzanne Heneghan

5 years ago

Environment Bill returned to parliament

5 years ago

Drax hits back over judicial review into gas turbine plans

The project to replace two coal units at Drax’s north Yorkshire plant are now subject to a judicial review. The company has insisted that the project will “help the UK on its path to net zero by 2050”

5 years ago

Greg Clark appointed select committee chair

The ex-business and energy secretary of state has taken on a new parliamentary role

5 years ago

Davey calls for replacement to ‘disastrous’ BEIS

Sir Ed Davey, the acting leader of the Lib Dems and former energy secretary, has urged the establishment of a new department focused on achieving the UK’s 2050 net-zero emissions target if the government goes through with its mooted revamp of Whitehall.

5 years ago

The power shift to regional growth

Recent confirmation from the Tory Party chairman that relocating the upper chamber from the capital

5 years ago

Pipeline of ‘shovel-ready’ onshore wind and solar projects passes 6GW

5 years ago

How will the Huawei decision affect utilities?

The government has banned Huawei from providing 5G equipment for nuclear power stations as part of a wider crackdown on the Chinese telecommunications giant.

5 years ago

Reeves retains chair of BEIS Committee

5 years ago

UK ‘will leave’ EU internal energy market after Brexit

The European Commission has admitted that energy relations with the UK will not be “business as usual” after Brexit, with the country expected to leave the single electricity market and its tools. Utility Week has seen slides presented by the Commission at an energy summit this month which call for “strong level playing field guarantees”.

5 years ago