Over 250 UK Power Networks customers helped ‘road test’ the new website for the UK’s largest power distributor before it went live, with its developers drawing inspiration from leading internet retailers and brands outside the utility sector to shape the new-look website and services.
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Citizens Advice is calling for companies to return some of this to customers through a rebate on their bills and for regulators to stop this happening again.
Customers overcharged by £24bn due to regulator error, Citizens Advice claims Read More »
Over the past year the Somerset coast has become a hive of activity where the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is being built, on one of the largest construction sites in Europe.
Cutting the cost of the networks Read More »
Over the weekend national media reported that National Grid was contacted by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – an arm of intelligence agency GCHQ – which advised it on how to increase its guard against criminally-instigated power cuts.
Cyber safety warning over UK’s energy infrastructure Read More »
What’s the potential worst-case scenario for a state-sponsored cyber-attack on our electricity networks?
Cyber security: defending the grid Read More »
Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT researchers also discovered a rise in mining attacks that began in September following an increase in the cryptocurrency market and miners in general.
Cyber threat to energy infrastructure, Kapersky Lab research finds Read More »
But just how vulnerable is the grid? Network asked two experts at the Institution of Engineering and Technology: Professor Roger Kemp, IET’s Energy Policy Panel and Ahmed Kotb, IET digital lead.
Cybersecurity: defending the grid Read More »
The council is working with specialist developer Opium Power, which controlled the site; National Grid; Western Power Distribution; control system provider Kiwi Power, battery producer BYD and connection supplier BSR Connect, amongst others.
Council scales up battery storage site to reap income rewards Read More »
The project pioneers a new commercial model by combining generation with 30 MWh of battery storage to maximise revenues and help balance the grid.
Council’s ‘pioneer’ subsidy free solar farm goes live Read More »
The government has unveiled new powers for councils to charge utilities by the hour for carrying out streetworks on key routes as part of a wider plan to extend the controversial lane rental scheme.
Councils to charge by the hour for streetworks Read More »
