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A mountain to climb

Customers, Features, Policy Regulation / aaliyah.murphy

Energy suppliers have chosen to take a cautious approach to smart meter installations. So far only 4 million of the required 53 million meters have been installed, according to the consumer campaign Smart Energy GB. But suppliers have good reason to be hesitant. Ongoing concerns about the adoption of SMETS 1 meters on to the Data Communications Company (DCC) system has resulted in many waiting for the DCC network to launch before ramping up installation rates to the necessary levels.

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A new world order

Features, Policy Regulation / aaliyah.murphy

It has been well reported in the past six-months that the energy system in the UK is undergoing a great deal of change. System regulator Ofgem and the UK government are driving this change in response to evidence presented in 2016 with regards to a greater need for whole system co-ordination, flexibility and visibility.

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£1.4bn spending plan unveiled by SP Energy Networks for RIIO2

Customers, News, Policy Regulation, Power / aaliyah.murphy

After 12-months of extensive consultation, the company has submitted its draft business plan for the second set of RIIO price controls. According to the network, it outlines the role that its transmission system in central and southern Scotland will play in achieving the Government’s net zero carbon targets and supporting its future networks vision.

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‘Inadequate’ modelling has undermined resilience: ENW CEO

Customers, News, Policy Regulation, Power / aaliyah.murphy

In an interview with Network, Emery said that the methodologies used by the Environment Agency and government to set storm investment allowances for storm and flooding resilience across the Distribution Network Operators have been “frankly inadequate” in the past.

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‘Mafia-like’ panel skewing network charging reforms

News, Policy Regulation, Power / aaliyah.murphy

UK Power Reserve chief executive Tim Emrich told Utility Week the make-up of the Connection and Use of System Code (CUSC) panel is “mafia-like”.

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‘Wrong’ to keep system operator role within National Grid

Gas, Heat, News, Policy Regulation / aaliyah.murphy

The role should instead be completely separated from National Grid to prevent the firm from abusing its influence over the energy system, according to researchers from the university’s Energy Policy Group.

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‘It is time’ for independent system operator says ECCC

Gas, Heat, News, Policy Regulation / aaliyah.murphy

In its Low Carbon Infrastructure report the ECCC said that despite “strong efforts by National Grid… and Ofgem” the potential for conflicts of interest is “intractable and growing”.

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‘Plenty of opportunity’ for heat sector after EU exit

Heat, News, Policy Regulation / aaliyah.murphy

ADE director Tim Rotheray told Network that although it is “very difficult to actually know precisely what the impact will be,” exiting the EU does not have to hamper the growth of the heating sector.

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‘Unquestionable need’ for innovation funding, networks tell Ofgem

Gas, News, Policy Regulation / aaliyah.murphy

In a submission to an Ofgem consultation reviewing the benefits of the Network Innovation Competition and Network Innovation Allowance, the Energy Networks Association (ENA) said there is still opportunity to deliver “further value and savings to the customer.”

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‘Enormous’ gas network storage capacity vital to decarbonisation

Gas, Heat, News, Policy Regulation, Power / aaliyah.murphy

Abandoning them in favour of electrification before first finding ready alternatives for large-scale energy storage risks leaving the UK with fragile energy supplies, a senior figure at Northern Gas Networks has warned.

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