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Boiler manufacturers to be given heat pump sales mandate

Boiler manufacturers to be given heat pump sales mandate

Boiler manufacturers will be issued with mandatory targets to ensure that a proportion of the home heating devices they sell are heat pumps, the government has proposed. In one of the suite of documents released on Tuesday (19 October) alongside its Net Zero Strategy, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said the mechanism is intended to kickstart the development of the UK's heat pump supply chain.

3 years ago

Top ranked energy supplier ceases trading

An energy supplier highly rated for its customer service has become the 16th retailer to enter the supplier of last resort (SoLR) process so far this year. GoTo Energy, which served 22,000 domestic customers, was recently ranked number one in the latest Citizens Advice star ratings table, receiving a total rating of 4.25 out of 5.

3 years ago

Think tank calls for national advertising campaign for low-carbon heating

3 years ago

Drax submits proposal to allow related companies to aggregate credit cover

Drax has submitted a modification to the Balancing and Settlement Code that would allow companies within the same corporate group to aggregate their credit cover for energy indebtedness. The proposal document said this would relieve them from having to lodge excessive credit cover, lowering costs for themselves and their customers.

3 years ago

Daligas becomes 15th energy supplier to fail in 2021

3 years ago

Adapt or die: The EA’s stark message

3 years ago

Government petitioned to double onshore wind capacity by 2030

3 years ago

Ofwat: Still too soon to assess Covid-19 impact on ODIs

3 years ago

Opening networks to competition could delay net zero  

3 years ago

Process emissions: Sizing up the challenge

3 years ago

Suppliers block switches from Omni Energy

Two energy suppliers are understood to have blocked at least 1,600 switches from Omni Energy after the small supplier confirmed it was seeking to offload customers. Supplier licence conditions stipulate that retailers cannot switch consumers without their consent, unless the supplier sells some or all of its customer book to another as part of a trade sale.

3 years ago

SoLR process may leave some PPM customers without power

3 years ago

Ofgem on alert for ‘sharp and unethical practices’

3 years ago

Penrose calls for ‘emergency circuit breaker’ in price cap

3 years ago

Customers in debt may face ‘unintended risks’ following SoLR process

A lack of regulatory clarity over how consumers in debt are treated when their supplier fails could lead them to face “unintended risks”, a former Labour shadow chancellor has warned. Chris Leslie, who is current chief executive of the Credit Services Association trade body, has written to Ofgem boss Jonathan Brearley calling on the regulator to issue guidance on how the administrators of failed suppliers should deal with customers in debt.

3 years ago

Omni Energy warns it is ‘highly likely’ to cease trading

3 years ago

Elexon: Wholesale price rises mean greater responsibility to self-balance

3 years ago

CCW sets out PR24 priorities

3 years ago

Government urged to double CfD pot as Johnson dodges green pledges

3 years ago

Energy Saving Trust awards £1.9m of redress funding to charities

3 years ago

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