Energy regulator Ofgem has already signalled that network companies should expect around £5bn in reduced profits in the next set of price controls. The new analysis by Citizens Advice suggests that the regulator can and should go further, resulting in a total saving to consumers of £9.1bn.
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Across the UK’s devolved nations, civil servants are divided and uncertain about how they will structure the national apprenticeship levy – this much was clear from debate at the National Skills Academy for Power’s (NSAPs) annual conference in Glasgow in May.
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Maxine Frerk (MF), chair customer engagement group, SGN.
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It has also confirmed its ambition to see at least half of new cars to be ultra low emission by 2030.
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In a blog on the regulator’s website, chief engineer Peter Bingham said Ofgem would be unable to support the transformation of the energy industry without improving its technical capabilities and expertise.
Chief engineer aims to bring ‘new technical focus’ to Ofgem Read More »
China has been promoting the development of IES to achieve a high proportion of renewable energy penetration and energy usage efficiency in recent years.
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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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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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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The aim was to enable to more synchronous generation to connect to the 11kV network in and around Birmingham City Centre without the need for costly reinforcements by modelling, managing and mitigating fault levels.
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