Chancellor George Osborne said he wanted to see £20 billion invested by UK pension funds in UK infrastructure. It has not been that simple, Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) chief executive Mike Weston told Janet Wood, but PIP is ready to invest. The message to energy projects is: come and talk to us
Flash update
Capacity Market 2015: eight new-build gas-fired plants and two interconnectors rejected
by New Power •
Eight large new-build gas projects failed to qualify for the upcoming Capacity Market auction, leaving Trafford (which won a contract last year) and potentially ESB’s Carrington (under constructon, and prequalified for the auction) the only large new-build gas plant…
News
Collective switch: Good Energy wins Clean Energy auction but other offers around
by New Power •
The Clean Energy Switch could see 100,000 customers move to a green energy supplier. But is it the cheapest option?
Editor's blog
To frack or not to frack?
by New Power •
Janet Wood says if we have to use fracked gas, it is better to abstract it in the UK, under our close scrutiny, than do it by stealth, over the horizon,
Perspective
It’s time to go for gas
by New Power •
Clive Moffatt, an advisor to independent generators, equipment providers and financial institutions on the implications of Electricity Market Reform, argues that we should address the shortcomings of EMR and recognise the central role of gas in delivering affordable and secure energy
Perspective
Price regulation and switching: what’s the experience?
by New Power •
Philip Lewis, chief executive of European energy customer consultancy VaasaETT, comments on the Competition and Markets Authority recommendations, based on experience of regulated tariffs elsewhere.
Longread
Will consumers benefit from CMA remedies? Citizens Advice remains uncertain
by New Power •
Rich Hall, Infrastructure policy manager – Consumer Futures, at Citizens Advice, says the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) understands the symptoms of the energy industry competition problem, but not the causes.
Longread
A new framework for the energy industry?
by New Power •
New thinking for the energy industry? Catherine Mitchell, professor of energy policy at the University of Exeter, sets out her vision of a new industry framework
Editor's blog
Buy back the big six energy companies, Jeremy Corbyn? Don’t waste our money
by New Power •
The Labour leadership candidate’s plan would waste time and money trying to go back to the 1950s, when there is a 21st century model emerging that includes local ownership