Workforce, culture and performance

Ministers rule out low-carbon generation levy tax breaks

Anglian sets targets to close ethnicity pay gap

Anglian Water has set out plans to shrink the difference between median pay of ethnically diverse employees compared to white staff. Staff volunteered information on their ethnicity, providing the company with a base for its pledges to increase diversity and ensure transparancey of pay and bonuses. Severn Trent and Yorkshire have also voluntarily published ethnicity pay data

Single social water tariff ‘ought to be non-negotiable’

Investec forecasts sub-£2,000 price cap

Thames to open test facility to wider sector

Overlapping metering standards hampering flexibility

Electricity market review risks investment hiatus

Are you getting the best out of your motors?

Strategic grid investment now is money well spent for the future

How low regret “whole system” investments made now across electricity and hydrogen infrastructure will benefit Great Britain in the long run.

Step by step: how to support domestic heat decarbonisation

Doubts raised over Ofwat’s new powers

Switching showing ‘early signs of a recovery’

Centrica unveils offshore hydrogen production plans

Weekend press: Pure Planet co-founders to receive £30m

In this week's roundup of national news, the co-founders of Pure Planet are set to receive £10 million each following its collapse, despite billpayers having to foot the bill; grid capacity could put green growth in limbo in the UK; and Scotland is lagging behind England and Wales for its river monitoring programme.

Ofgem will have to spread PPM premium across the market

The government’s decision to task Ofgem with ending the prepayment meter (PPM) standing charge premium will mean higher bills for other customers, Citizens Advice has warned. As part of this week's Budget announcement, the chancellor of the exchequer announced an end to the current arrangements under which customers on PPMs pay £45 more in standing charges than those on direct debits. But the question of who should ultimately pay for it remains.

No Easter Eggs in Spring Budget

New website offers one-stop-shop for PSR services

National Grid pilots drones to inspect transmission network

CfD budget ‘sends the wrong investment signals’

So Energy founder: Consumers face a second winter of crisis