Consumers could break away from having a single supplier for all their power by the start of 2020. An industry change that could take effect by then will mean customers can take some of their power from another supplier, such…

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The industry should have more certainty by 10 January over how suppliers’ obligations to make Capacity Market payments will be reinstated. The Department for Business, Energy and industrial Strategy says it is ‘minded to’ restart collections, so that Capacity Market…

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Northern Powergrid has provided more details of its plan to procure flexibility for use next winter and is seeking expressions of interest (EOIs) from potential providers. The company is seeking flexibility assets of 100kW or more to deliver up to…

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Electricity networks have asked for customer feedback before the last week in January on how to manage new resources that want to connect to the network, and the points under review will be under discussion in a webinar on 10…

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Centrica Business Solutions has brought online its 49MW battery at Roosecote battery in Cumbria. It is part of Centrica’s £180m investment into flexible power which also includes a refurbishment of King’s Lynn power station, plus two fast response gas-fired power…

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British Gas owner Centrica has launched a challenge the way the price cap is calculated. The cap, on standard variable tariffs, is due to take effect on 1 January. The regulator had planned to use the wholesale price for April…

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David Smith, chief executive, ENA: “It’s important that the public and the country as a whole benefit from the changes that are sweeping across the country’s energy system, but much more work still needs to be done by the regulator to…

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Members of a House of Lords committee told energy and climate minister Claire Perry it was “extremely disappointing” that her department had not assessed how a UK exit from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on 29 March would affect the…

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When the European Court of Justice set aside GB’s Capacity Market (CM) in November saying it was illegal state aid, it took the industry entirely by surprise. Even those who were aware that the hearing had taken place, back in…

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Rating agency Moody’s has downgraded SSE’s rating from A3 to Baa1. It has also downgraded SSE’s hybrid notes (from Baa2 to Baa3). The rating agency began a review in September, after SSE’s announced  losses in its energy trading division, and…

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