Strategy & Management
Strategy & Management
WPD cuts supply interruption time by 49%
Western Power Distribution (WPD) has cut the average time its customers are without power by 49% on the level in 2011/12, beating its target of 23% set by Ofgem for the entire eight-year price control period.
Strategy & Management
Pettigrew defends EFR contracts
National Grid chief executive John Pettigrew has defended the contracts recently signed with energy storage providers for Enhanced Frequency Response, in the face of criticism that the contract prices are too low.
Gas
ETI sets out multi-vector energy plan
A new report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has laid out possible strategies for achieving an integrated approach to energy system planning.
Heat
Heat 2016
The Association of Decentralised Energy, in partnership with the Energy Technologies Institute, brings you Heat 2016.
Gas
Is CCS worth the candle?
George Day sets out ETI's thinking around the whole system appeal of CCS technology.
Gas
Editor’s weekly: LCNI 2016
Jane Gray pulls together key themes and observations from the 2016 Low Carbon Networks and Innovation Conference.
Gas
SSE sells stake in SGN
SSE has agreed to sell a 16.7% equity stake in gas distribution network SGN to wholly owned subsidiaries of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) for £621 million.
Gas
New managing director for Balfour Beatty T&D
Former National Grid employee Ian Currie has been appointed managing director of Balfour Beatty’s power transmission and distribution services business.
Heat
Connections provider announces new exec team
Independent connections provider Energetics has announced a range of executive appointments including a new chief executive.
Strategy & Management
Managing customer expectations
Freddie Tilbrook explains why networks must deliver greater clarity for customers on the rules of engagement for new grid connections.
Gas
Price benchmarking tool will force heat suppliers to ‘step up’
Heat Trust has today launched a calculator which allows heat network customers to compare the cost of their heating against the typical gas boiler.
Strategy & Management
UKPN to strengthen customer engagement with new role
UK Power Networks (UKPN) has created the new role of head of customer engagement to increase its focus on customer service.
Gas
Early alert for vulnerable customers
Smart metering offers an unparalleled opportunity for improving the service for vulnerable customers.
Gas
Smart metering: It begins
The rollout of smart meters will usher in a new digital dawn for energy, bringing network operators out of the darkness and into the light. But not before some stumbles.
Power
Northern Powergrid launches new look website
Northern Powergrid has launched a new look website based on feedback from its customers across the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
Strategy & Management
DNOs need ‘real credit’ for innovation work, says ENW boss
There is a “need to explore” ways of allowing DNOs to make returns on their innovation work, Electricity North West chief executive Peter Emery has told Network.
Power
A golden age: EA Technology celebrates 50 years
From state-owned research body to market-led solutions provider, 50 years have seen EA Technology change beyond all recognition, says chief executive Robert Davies as the firm celebrates its golden anniversary.
Strategy & Management
DSR hampered by fear of disruption
Ninety per cent of businesses would provide demand side response (DSR) if it did not adversely affect their operations.
Heat
So much more than blackout
The lights going out is the least of the trouble caused by power cuts today.
Power
Three customers excluded from power cut service
Customers of the mobile operator Three have been excluded from the new 105 power cut service at launch.
Power
105 is live: The network’s emergency number
Reporting a power cut has been made as easy as possible with the introduction of a new three-digit number.
Power
SSE unifies network businesses through rebrand
The electricity network operator formerly known as Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution has rebranded to become Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks from today.
Strategy & Management
Beama appoints new vice-president
The trade association for electrical infrastructure technologies has named eco-entrepreneur Patrick Caiger-Smith as its new vice-president.
Gas
Smart energy dynamics: the need for new architecture
Steel yourself for some tough decisions in the next five to ten years says Duncan Botting as concludes a series of articles on smart energy dynamics.
Power
Shortage of grid contracts dampening storage market
Oversubscription for National Grid’s Enhanced Frequency Response service will result in uncertainty for a large proportion of battery developers when the first contracts are awarded on 26 August, Smartest Energy has warned.
Power
Achieving EV charging consensus
Gill Nowell, Smart EV project manager at EA Technology, says standardisation is key to control charging.
Gas
National Grid begins selling stake in gas distribution business
National Grid has begun the process of auctioning off a 51% stake in its gas distribution business, Bloomberg has reported.
Strategy & Management
Reducing dependence on the national grid is a must
Peter Rolton says our national grid is no longer fit for purpose and makes the case for localised energy systems.
Heat
National Grid cuts energy use ahead of trainee surge
System operator National Grid has installed a series of energy saving measures at its training centre in Eakring ahead of the surge in trainees expected in the coming years.
Gas
Changing industry gender ratios is easier said than done
The energy industry is failing to significantly increase the proportion or accelerate the progression of female staff. Network explores the problem.
Strategy & Management
Morrison Utility Services sold to First Reserve
Private equity firm First Reserve is to buy utilities infrastructure services provide Morrison Utility Services (MUS) from Bregal Capital and Motion Equity Partners.
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