Challenging the networks
Maxine Frerk (MF), chair customer engagement group, SGN.
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Challenges around RIIO2
In RIIO2 Ofgem aims to address its concern that the regulated networks sector is earning too much and delivering too little. It is fiercely focused on dealing with this problem but that brings a real risk that it will hold back the progress of the energy transition. That means there are a number of aspects of the RIIO2 decision that will require careful fine tuning to avoid unwelcome side effects.
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Certain uncertainties
I have been working in the energy sector for a lot longer than I would like to admit. Over this time, I have become very sceptical about government targets, assuming that they will probably be missed and that those who base their businesses on them are going to be disappointed.
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CEOs commit to sector inclusion initative
The Energy & Utilities Skills Partnership, led by sector employers, recognised in its Workforce Renewal and Skills Strategy: 2020 that its current workforce fails to fully represent the 65 million people it serves every day.
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Centrica to build battery storage facility
The 49MW project is scheduled to start operating in the winter of 2018 following 20 months of construction.
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Centrica installs 3MW battery for Gateshead Council
Centrica has installed one of the country’s largest commercial battery storage schemes for renewable energy in Gateshead, and claims it has several more schemes in the pipeline.
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Cenex to carry out EV charge point feasibility study
The transport and energy not for profit consultancy has been appointed by Cadwyn Clwyd, a Rural Development Agency, and Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC), to determine the feasibility of installing the points across the county.
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CCUS Cost Challenge Taskforce publishes report to Government
The report sets out the opportunity and value that CCUS delivers across the UK economy and emphasises the need for urgency to enable CCUS to fulfil its role in achieving the lowest-cost route to meeting the UK’s statutory climate change targets.
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CCC report outlines measures needed to achieve climate targets
In a new report ‘UK housing: Fit for the future?‘ the CCC warns that the UK’s legally-binding climate change targets will not be met without the near-complete elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from UK buildings. The report finds that emissions reductions from the UK’s 29 million homes have stalled, while energy use in homes – which accounts for 14% of total UK emissions – increased between 2016 and 2017.
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Cave selected as preferred candidate to be next Ofgem chairman
Greg Clark, the secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, selected the former deputy chair of the Competition Commission and deputy panel chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to lead the energy regulator.
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