Workforce, culture and performance

Drax to end gas retail business

How utilities can connect with consumers through payments

Energy UK ‘has no relationship’ with Shapps

Energy regulator looks to expand board  

Ofgem seeks alternatives to forced PPM installs

UK low-carbon investment set to be blown off course

Citizens Advice CW ends hydrogen village partnership with Cadent

Taking control of methane emissions

UK faces £62bn green investment shortfall

January sees record EBSS redemption rates

£250m water pollution fines ‘still on the table’

Weekend press round-up: Japanese owners put SES Water up for sale

The Japanese owners of SES Water are reportedly putting the business up for sale due to their reluctance to inject fresh equity into the highly-geared company. Meanwhile, Grant Shapps, head of the newly-formed Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, discusses his plans to make British energy the cheapest in Europe. This and more in Utility Week’s latest round-up of the weekend’s papers.  

Open data: The great enabler in UK utilities

Power restored to thousands after Storm Otto hits

Trust in water companies hits new low amid pollution woes

Strong nuclear output sees EDF post £1 billion UK profit

British Gas results show energy supply still a ‘tough business’

O’Shea refuses to rule out bonus following record Centrica profits

Unspent boiler upgrade money will be lost, minister admits

The energy minister has admitted that underspends on the £150 million budget this year for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) will be lost and cannot be carried over. The latest figures from Ofgem show the total value of BUS vouchers issued by the end of January was just under £50 million - with only two months remaining for the first phase of the initiative. 

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