Setting out a nine-point ‘Action Plan’ for the next 18 months to deliver decarbonisation, Ofgem has tacitly acknowledged that it is currently ill-equipped to deal with the challenge. The regulator pointed out that the existing ‘Social and Environmental Guidance’ from…
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From the archive: Emma Pinchbeck
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Last year, New Power editor Janet Wood spoke to Energy UK’s new chief, Emma Pinchbeck, then at Renewable UK. See some highlights below and login to read the full interview. What’s exciting the future of the energy industry? “What would…
National Audit Office: electricity networks were ‘overpaid’ by at least £800M
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Customers have overpaid electricity network companies by £800 million since 2013 because Ofgem set the allowed rate of return too high, says the National Audit Office (NAO). NAO said Ofgem did not place enough weight on up-to-date market evidence when…
ClientEarth in High Court challenge over consent for new gas plants at Drax
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Development consent given to Drax Power to install four new gas turbines at its North Yorkshire site has been challenged in the High Court by environmental law charity ClientEarth. The charity says the government’s own planning authority said the UK’s…
Ovo Energy to pay £8.9M redress for years of incorrect bills and inaccurate information
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Ovo Energy whose £500 million acquisition of SSE’s customers makes it the second largest UK energy supplier, has agreed to pay £8.9 million in redress for wrongly charging customers and providing inaccurate or incomplete information to them for over five…
Utility Warehouse pays £650k in redress and refunds for overcharged Warm Home Discount customers
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Utility Warehouse overcharged 3,430 Warm Home Discount customers, due to a system error, and is to provide refunds and compensation totalling £450,000. Ofgem has announced. The supplier will pay a further £200,000 into Ofgem’s voluntary redress fund, “in recognition of the seriousness of the breach and…
Gresham House takes on subsidy-free solar from Anesco
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Gresham House has purchased a 12MW battery-ready solar farm from renewables developer Anesco for one of its New Energy funds. It is expecetd to begin generating solar power in March 2020 The site, known as Bumpers, straddles the Chiltern railway line…
What’s the future of E-serve, Elexon and the Low Carbon Contracts Company? LCCC chair says organisations could be rationalised “tomorrow”
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In the January issue of New Power Report, editor Janet Wood spoke with Regina Finn, the new chair of the Low Carbon Contracts Company, about the many changes facing the power industry. Finn has been regulator and participant in utilities across…
Legislation will set new security framework for smart devices
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New legislation will require consumer smart devices to meet three rigorous security requirements for the Internet of Things (IoT), the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced. Consumer devices such as fridges that can respond to price signals…
Western Link failings prompt Ofgem investigation
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Ofgem has launched an investigation into National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP (Scottish Power) Transmission over the delivery and operation of the Western high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable, which the two companies undertook as a joint venture. The £1.3…