National Grid is no longer using ‘Gone Green’ as one of the four ‘Future Energy Scenarios’ it uses in long term planning for the network. It has changed to a scenario, named ‘Two Degrees’, that meets the UK’s 2050 carbon…

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Ofgem has acted on concerns raised by consumer affairs website Money Saving Expert, and opened an investigation into British Gas over switching. The regulator is investigating whether British Gas failed in its obligations to customers,  including the requirement to waive…

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Ofgem has announced that there will be a second round of its ‘regulatory sandbox’, a programme allowing energy businesses to trial new ways of working without incurring all of the usual regulatory requirements. In an open letter, Pamela Taylor, who…

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The Scottish Government has given Vattenfall consent for its proposed South Kyle Wind Farm in East Ayrshire and Galloway. Guy Mortimer, Vattenfall’s UK head of development for onshore wind, said: “The Scottish Government’s consent decision for this scheme is reassuringly robust. The…

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Completion of the £1bn Western HVDC link, a subsea electricity cable linking Hunterston in Scotland with Deeside in North Wales, has been delayed until 2017-18 due to cable manufacturing problems. As a result of the delay, Ofgem has postponed the allowances…

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Ofgem revealed plans today that will extend price caps to vulnerable customers and prompt more customers to switch. Some of the measures had been in train following remedies required by the Competition and Markets Authority, while government pledges to protect…

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UK Power Networks and National Grid are launching an innovative new service to enable more electricity generation across the South East of England. The region has one of the most dynamic electricity networks in Europe and new electricity generators in…

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The UK’s transition to a resilient, low-carbon economy is in danger of being derailed by a lack of government action on climate change and urgent action is needed, according to the Committee on Climate Change’s statutory 2017 Report to Parliament. The…

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Extra Energy has come out bottom of the quarterly non-domestic energy supplier performance league table published by Citizens Advice, as well as receiving the lowest score for Citizens Advice’s star rating system for household energy suppliers. The company, which has been in bottom…

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The government should develop a new system for rating vehicle emissions, that takes into account both tailpipe emissions and indirect emissions from power generation, according to a new report by Policy Exchange. The thinktank said the current system is becoming…

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