Policy

Water efficiency labels get rubber stamp

EDF axes ‘regressive’ standing charges for vulnerable

Social tariff consultation urgently needed

Scrap supply licences for EVs and heating, new report urges

Onshore wind project halted as costs soar  

Government must find a way of replacing energy efficiency taskforce

Stay the hydrogen course

55 heat network projects win funding for upgrades

Social tariff could cut £300 from fuel poor’s energy bills

Lib Dems vow to replace Ofwat with ‘tough’ regulator

Weekend Press: Energy efficiency taskforce axed after four meetings

In our latest round-up of the weekend’s national news coverage, the government’s energy efficiency taskforce, charged with reducing the UK’s energy use by 15% by 2030, has been scrapped after just six months and four meetings. Elsewhere, the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) alleges that consumers have effectively overpaid hundreds of millions of pounds for the Moray East wind farm in north-east Scotland, Southern Water faces legal action over floods and Bill Gates raises concerns that his nuclear firm is to be snubbed in the UK modular reactor race.

Energy boss calls for smart meters to be mandated

The UK’s antiquated grid is stifling the renewable energy market

RAAC scandal offers chance to tackle lead in school tap water

Increasing concern about the state of public buildings offers an opportunity to accelerate the removal of lead from drinking water. This was the view of experts at the Drinking Water Quality Conference this week, who insist there should be an urgent focus on the impact of lead on young people and the most vulnerable in particular. Members of the UK Water Industry Lead Strategy Board, which was formed three years ago, set out the advances that have been made in reducing levels of lead in drinking water but warned against complacency.

Government is abandoning vulnerable energy customers