DNO’s spend frugal £3.2bn on network management
The RIIO-ED1 annual report showed that this spend was 9% less than the allowance set for the year.
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Policy Regulation
DNOs could be given greater powers to free up network capacity
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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DNOs face penalties over subpar connection services
Based on feedback from customers, the regulator said all six DNOs have fallen short of expectations and could see their revenues reduced via an incentive mechanism within the RIIO framework.
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DNOs pocket 32 per cent profits, claims thinktank
District network operators have been accused of making annual average profits of 32% during the first half of this decade, according to a new analysis, which has been branded as ‘deeply flawed’ by the ENA.
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DNOs still able to ‘game the system’ under RIIO
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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Direction of heat policy to be outlined in carbon plan
It will need to “thoroughly re-assess the evidence” before establishing a long-term direction for policy over the next few years.
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District heat: follow the leading light?
If the UK is to solve the challenge of meeting its heat needs in a decarbonised, affordable and secure manner it is going to need a multipronged approach. That was the strategy put forward by Imperial College London last year in its Managing Heat System Decarbonisation report. While the proposal is already largely accepted as good sense, last month the results of WWU’s Cornwall Energy project demonstrated with hard facts why a single technology strategy is a recipe for failure.
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Developing domestic hydrogen appliances ‘needs strong policy direction’
A new report published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) looked at the feasibility of developing domestic hydrogen appliances in order to support the conversion of the gas grid to low carbon hydrogen. The report explores factors including cost, technical challenges and how barriers might be addressed.
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Development of the future energy system – addressing the emerging barriers
Analysis has shown that the combined effect of these changes will be to create significant new challenges for the design and day-to-day management of the national electricity power system.
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Dieter Helm resurrects network-led smart metering argument
The smart meter programme started out as a good idea but is being “badly implemented”, said University of Oxford energy policy professor Dieter Helm. The decision to give suppliers responsibility for the roll out has “dogged the programme ever since”.
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