Build Back Better

Anderson takes aim at ‘unsustainable business models’ and ‘greenwashing’

Lewis bemoans ‘hurdles’ to green heat projects

Sector faces leadership challenge in supporting staff

Increased emotional hardship on both consumers and customer service staff means the energy sector has a huge leadership challenge on its hands, the chief executive of the Energy Ombudsman has said.

Unlocking the future for networks

How feasible is Johnson’s green industrial revolution plan?

Fletcher: Customer engagement must increase for PR24

Brearley: Ofgem must evolve to adapt to changing sector

Ofgem must undergo organisational changes to adapt to the ever-evolving energy landscape, the regulator’s chief executive Jonathan Brearley has said. In his keynote address at Utility Week’s Build Back Better forum Brearley outlined key ways in which the regulator plans to support the scale of change over the next few years.

‘The current energy system is rigged against low-income households’

Voices of the future: Lessons from Covid

The energy industry has laid the foundations for net zero but it is the next generation of sector leaders that will be responsible for ensuring the 2050 target is achieved. From shifts in energy demand to how we deal with vulnerable customers, Covid-19 has resulted in a number of big changes this year. In the second of a series of articles, Adam John speaks to the winners of the Young Energy Professionals awards and asks them what lessons they think will be learned from the pandemic

Kwarteng: I don’t see the problem on returns

Kwasi Kwarteng has rebutted suggestions that investors will be put off UK energy infrastructure by Ofgem’s drive to curb network returns. In his keynote address at Utility Week’s Build Back Better Forum the energy minister said he was confident Ofgem would reach a settlement with energy networks that incentivises backers.

Energy Catapult chief reconvenes EV Energy taskforce

The EV Energy Taskforce, which brings together energy and automotive industries, has been asked to reconvene to help overcome obstacles to the rollout of electric vehicles.

One in 16 Pennon billpayers to become shareholders

Since offering its customers the opportunity to own a stake in the company, “tens of thousands” of householders have signed up for Pennon Group’s WaterShare+ scheme, the company's chief executive has told Utility Week.

Town-scale trials needed to end ‘total paralysis’ on heating

The Green Recovery – major new report from Utility Week

Where is Ofgem’s ED2 net-zero strategy?

Ofgem’s proposals for the RIIO ED2 price controls set out how DNOs will be incentivised to deliver in areas such as consumer vulnerability and large connections. Sustainability First’s Judith Ward asks why the same approach has not been taken on decarbonisation. Without clear signals there is a real risk of only incremental steps towards net zero rather than the step change that is needed, she argues.