Ofgem has launched an investigation into SSE’s pre payment meter (PPM) processes The investigation is being launched following concerns about SSE’s approach to switching its customers onto pre-payment meter tariffs, particularly those in potentially vulnerable situations. Ofgem said the investigation…
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Hinkley Point C gets go-ahead – but UK delays
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Members of the board at EDF have voted to go ahead with Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear plant for two decades – but the UK has delayed the project again. The board was reported to have voted…
Expert Forum: ‘GB power network must evolve. We need ISO and DSOs’
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EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH The GB’s high-voltage electricity network should have an independent system operator (ISO) instead of leaving the responsibility with a ring-fenced part of National Grid, says a large majority of New Power’s Expert Forum. The ISO model would provide…
Scottish Government ‘must act to reassure investors after wind farm decision’
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A Scottish legal decision that quashed the permits for four major offshore windfarms, including one – Neart na Gaoithe (NNG) – that had a Contract for Difference (CfD), is an immense problem for wind, infrastructure in general and the Scottish…
Is it Brexit for Hinkley Point C?
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This blog was written for Nuclear Engineering International in early July. I thought delays would come from the French side … The UK has voted to leave the European Union. Where does that leave the country’s flagship nuclear new-build…
Beware an embedded benefits review ‘by stealth’
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Colin Prestwich, head of regulatory affairs at Smartest Energy, warns that taking a step-by-step approach to updating embedded benefits could have unintended consequences
Drax winds down coal plant spend
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Drax saw pre-tax profit fall by £50 million in the six months to 30 June, compared to 2015. The removal of Levy Exemption Certificates and deteriorating commodity markets were to blame, the company said. The effect had been mitigated by…
Hinkley Point C decision ‘next week’
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EDF has called its board members to a meeting on 28 July to take a final investment decision on Hinkley Point C. The meeting follows a 4 July meeting with EDF’s works council, after which EDF said it reconfirmed its…
Does your DNO live up to its promises on connections? Ofgem seeks answers
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Distribution network operators (DNOs) could face fines if they have not provided a good service to companies who want to connect to the network and now Ofgem has asked customers to give their views on DNOs’ performance. Ofgem explains that…
SSE sells street lighting PFIs
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SSE has sold its interest in three public financing initiative (PFI) street lighting entities to a DIF Infrastructure fund. The sale is expected to make £130 million and will conclude SSE’s two-year £1.1 billion programme to reduce debt and raise…