The pre-qualification window has opened today for three different Capacity Market auctions. Pre-qualification will run from today (1 August) to 26 August, and will be followed by the Pre-qualification Assessment Window, from 29 August to 23 September. The auctions in question are: 2016 Four…
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SSE under Ofgem investigation over pre-payment meter switching practices
by New Power •
Ofgem has launched an investigation into SSE’s pre payment meter (PPM) processes The investigation is being launched following concerns about SSE’s approach to switching its customers onto pre-payment meter tariffs, particularly those in potentially vulnerable situations. Ofgem said the investigation…
Flash update
Hinkley Point C gets go-ahead – but UK delays
by New Power •
Members of the board at EDF have voted to go ahead with Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear plant for two decades – but the UK has delayed the project again. The board was reported to have voted…
Longread
Expert Forum: ‘GB power network must evolve. We need ISO and DSOs’
by New Power •
EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH The GB’s high-voltage electricity network should have an independent system operator (ISO) instead of leaving the responsibility with a ring-fenced part of National Grid, says a large majority of New Power’s Expert Forum. The ISO model would provide…
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Citizens Advice seeks views on new energy supplier comparison tool
by Annabel Andrews •
Citizens Advice is working on a new energy supplier comparison tool that will rank energy suppliers according to a set of individual metrics as well as an overall performance rating. The five proposed metrics covered by the tool are the number…
Longread
Scottish Government ‘must act to reassure investors after wind farm decision’
by New Power •
A Scottish legal decision that quashed the permits for four major offshore windfarms, including one – Neart na Gaoithe (NNG) – that had a Contract for Difference (CfD), is an immense problem for wind, infrastructure in general and the Scottish…
Editor's blog
Is it Brexit for Hinkley Point C?
by New Power •
This blog was written for Nuclear Engineering International in early July. I thought delays would come from the French side … The UK has voted to leave the European Union. Where does that leave the country’s flagship nuclear new-build…
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Development consent order granted for Meaford gas-fired generating station
by Annabel Andrews •
The government has granted the development consent order (DCO) for Meaford Energy Centre, near Stone in Staffordshire. This energy centre will be a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station with a nominal generating capacity of 299MW with electricity connection, gas…
Perspective
Beware an embedded benefits review ‘by stealth’
by New Power •
Colin Prestwich, head of regulatory affairs at Smartest Energy, warns that taking a step-by-step approach to updating embedded benefits could have unintended consequences