Horizon Nuclear Power has applied to the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for a nuclear site licence for its planned Wylfa Newydd power station. The site licence is a key stage in Horizon’s plan to build and operate two ABWR…

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Suppliers will not be allowed to back-bill customers for energy used more than 12 months ago under new proposals from Ofgem, expected to come into force later this year. Ofgem has written to energy suppliers to announce its intention to…

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Europe’s Agency for the Co-Ordination of Energy Regulators (ACER) has sent back proposals for a interlinked modeling of European gas and electricity markets, saying that “In the Agency’s view, the model is largely inadequate.” It said more work was needed…

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Extra Energy has come bottom of Citizens Advice’s complaints league table for business customers for the second time, receiving a ratio of 1231.2 complaints per 10,000 customers. The ranking measures how effectively energy suppliers are dealing with complaints from small business…

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Siemens is to start work at Centrica’s mothballed King’s Lynn power station in Norfolk, where it will install a new gas turbine and carry out major refurbishment . Centrica confirmed the investment into the 370MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) in…

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The submission window for applications into the 2017 Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round opened at 9am and will close at 5pm on 21 April. The EMR Delivery Body urged potential bidders to submit applications as early as possible so…

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Business customers should be able to switch and choose a supplier for their water from today. Eligible businesses, charities and public sector companies can choose to have one retailer for their water supply and another for wastewater services, or one…

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Regulations to save energy intensive industries around £100 million a year in energy costs have been laid in parliament today. The government expects the new measures to benefit over 130 eligible energy intensive companies across the UK in sectors including…

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The offshore wind industry could be worth as much as £2.9bn to the UK economy by 2030, according to a new report published by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.  The economic Value of Offshore Wind: Benefits to the UK of…

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ScottishPower has signed up Actavo to help deliver almost a million additional smart meters across the Midlands over five years. Actavo will provide a full turnkey offering,  to promote, generate and schedule appointments, manage and install smart meters. It will…

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