Energy minister Andrea Leadsom’s speech calling for a vote to exit from the EU got short shrift from members of the UK energy industry. It was described as ‘amazingly light on content’ by one industry member and there was surprise…
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Beware of Brexit certainty
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From New Power founder Dom Maclaine’s latest blog: “amid extreme predictions of certain doom, there are areas where the implications of Brexit are much more overtly uncertain. Energy policy, and particularly the future of low carbon technologies and policies is…
Eurelectric: The EU needs a strong carbon price signal to drive low-carbon investment
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Hans Ten Berg, Eurelectric secretary general, says electrification remains crucial to reducing carbon emissions and the EU ETS must be able to provide the right investment signals The Paris Agreement is a major landmark in addressing the global climate change…
NEA: Energy efficiency should be a national infrastructure priority
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Peter Smith, head of policy research at National Energy Action, says we have the biggest policy gap on energy for more than three decades and that action is needed On 14 April, the National Audit Office (NAO) reported that since…
Give the public a voice in long-term decisions
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Sustainability First’s New Energy and Water Public Interest Network (‘New-Pin’) is seeking to ensure long-term decisions have the public interest at their heart. Associate Sharon Darcy explains why the Network was set up Energy and water service providers and regulators…
Auto-switching for energy customers is an opportunity: we must get it right
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Ambitions on increasing customer switching run into one problem: it’s a tedious business, and one that can leave you uncertain, on switching sites, whether you really have got a better deal. New auto-switch services could change that. Last month Janet…
Auto-switching services for energy customers: can they help build customer trust?
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Ambitions on increasing customer switching run into one problem: it’s a tedious business, and one that can leave you uncertain, on switching sites, whether you really have got a better deal. New auto-switch services could change that. Last month Janet…
Competition on capacity, CfDs and services is the energy market’s future. Excluding low-cost renewables will drive up costs
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Gordon Edge of RenewableUK says a recognition of how the new energy market works presents a solution to the government’s dilemmas on Contracts for Difference Government objectives for energy policy are that it must be secure, sustainable and affordable; decarbonisation…
More debate on energy industry codes: Electralink wants ‘simplified and competitive approach’
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Elizabeth Lawlor, head of governance services at ElectraLink, sets out the company’s proposed approach to reforming code governance The UK energy market is historically complex which is mirrored within supporting industry codes. Naturally, SmartestEnergy’s opinion piece in October’s New Power,…
The hydropower industry has been hit by a double whammy from Westminster and Holyrood
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Simon Hamlyn, chief executive of the British Hydropower Association (BHA), says Scottish politicians are undermining its hydro industry Scottish Government first minister Nicola Sturgeon is guilty of blatant hypocrisy. She launched a ferocious attack on the cuts being made by…