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Pay to jump grid connection queue, campaign urges

Pay to jump grid connection queue, campaign urges

Projects should be allowed to jump the grid connection queue and the Future System Operator (FSO) given powers over Ofgem’s approval of transmission network investments, campaigners have urged.

2 years ago

‘Real opportunity’ for competitive PPM tariffs

2 years ago

Brookfield to acquire 20% stake in Octopus

2 years ago

Weekend press: Three suppliers force-fitted 70% of PPMs as bills rocketed

In our latest round-up of the weekend’s national news coverage, the government has revealed that British Gas, Scottish Power and OVO force-fitted seven in ten of all the prepayment meters installed using court warrants last year. Elsewhere, Ovo has launched a tariff that is cheaper than the government's cap on household bills.

2 years ago

Fivefold increase in grid consents required, NIC warns

The rate at which transmission projects are granted planning consent must increase fivefold in order to deliver the government’s 2035 target to decarbonise the electricity system, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has warned in its latest annual progress report.

2 years ago

Lucas roasts Shapps’ resistance to new homes solar

2 years ago

Commaret: Extending EBSS a ‘waste of money’

2 years ago

On the Move: Iain Conn, Pennon, So Energy

2 years ago

Spike in at-home dialysis care sparks energy bill concerns

2 years ago

UK Infrastructure Bank Bill becomes law

2 years ago

Top official hits back over UK energy investment famine fears

2 years ago

Shared PSR to go live at end of March

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Ministers rule out low-carbon generation levy tax breaks

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Calls for outcomes-based water regulation get a boost

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

Ofgem plans to remove last resort EV charging role from DNOs

2 years ago

Ministers told to back hydrogen blending in gas network this year

Ministers should back moves to allow hydrogen to be blended into the gas transmission network by the end of this year, the sector’s government champion has urged.

2 years ago

Ministers urged to ban gas grid connections in new homes

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

£1.8bn to tackle energy inefficient homes and buildings

The government has announced the allocation of £1.8bn of funding for home heating decarbonisation and energy efficiency upgrades. More than 115,000 homes will receive upgrades following the announcement as well as schools and hospitals.

2 years ago

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