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‘Get on, get back or get out’: ESO fleshes out connection queue reforms

The Electricity System Operator has revealed more details of its previously announced reforms to the way it manages the connections queue. Generators that are unable meet their connection date, or milestones along the way, will have to choose between moving backwards in the queue or leaving it entirely. These “common sense” milestones will include raising finance, buying land, securing planning permission and breaking ground.

1 year ago

Northern Powergrid ‘tilting at windmills’ with ED2 appeal

1 year ago

‘Misleading’ green heat claims threaten net zero, warns CMA

“Misleading” claims puts customer confidence in decarbonised heating at risk and could undermine a critical plank in the drive to achieve net zero, the Consumer and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned. In particular, the consumer watchdog has raised concerns about misleading claims by green heating companies, particularly those offering heat pumps or solar products.

1 year ago

Smart meter installation rate must double to hit target

1 year ago

Ofgem says ESO should stop ‘planning to fail’

1 year ago

Ofgem invites bids for £7bn of offshore wind connections

1 year ago

Cost of forced PPM ban on bad debt levels revealed

The moratorium on prepayment meter (PPM) installations is adding around £30 million a month to the sector’s bad debt levels, it has been revealed. In its response to Ofgem’s Call for Input on the allowance for debt-related costs, Energy UK raises concerns about the proposed mechanism for recovering bad debt as a result of the pause on PPM installations. Instead it says most of its members back a levy of some sort.

1 year ago