The price controls do not impose sufficient penalties on distribution network operators (DNOs) for inflating their cost forecasts, according to Helen Poulter of the Exeter Energy Policy Group.
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The RIIO-ED1 annual report showed that this spend was 9% less than the allowance set for the year.
DNO’s spend frugal £3.2bn on network management Read More »
The decision not to proceed to consultations on penalties is in line with the regulator’s decision for 2017/18, when it also concluded there were no grounds to consult on fines.
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The figure is little more than a third of the £15 million prize pool which was up for grabs through the first tier portfolio reward (FTPR) scheme.
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The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has launched a consultation on a set of ‘milestones’ generation developers will have to meet or risk losing their network connection.
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The panel event on low carbon heating followed the government’s recent announcement in the clean growth strategy, published a fortnight ago, that it had identified three options for decarbonising heating.
Discarding gas grid would be ‘insanity’ Read More »
Data is such a buzzword in current business parlance that it is worth taking a moment to consider its true meaning. According to the Cambridge English dictionary, data is information collected to be considered to help decision making.
Small business innovators with novel technologies are disrupting the energy sector, bringing benefits to customers and accelerating UK energy system transformation.
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The district heat and power project in Gateshead will become part of Flexitricity’s demand response network. The project will receive in excess of £60,000 per year over the next 15 years by providing capacity to National Grid.
District energy scheme to get £1m boost from DSR Read More »
District heat networks were gifted an unexpected pot of money from the government in last year’s Budget. The government committed to provide £320 million in capital support over the next five years. This investment is expected to fund 200 heat networks that will supply the equivalent of more than 400,000 homes and leverage £2 billion of private investment.At the end of last month the government launched a consultation asking how the money should best be spent and monitored.
District heat: an attractive investment? Read More »
