Early alert for vulnerable customers
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DSR hampered by fear of disruption
A total of 87% of the 73% of businesses that do not currently provide DSR said they would be interested in earning revenue from DSR if it did not affect their operation.
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Don’t care, wont care
Do we want energy system transformation because it’s what’s right for consumers? Or do we want it because it’s a really interesting engineering project?
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DNOs avoid penalties in Ofgem’s 2018/19 ICE connection review
The decision not to proceed to consultations on penalties is in line with the regulator’s decision for 2017/18, when it also concluded there were no grounds to consult on fines.
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DNOs need ‘real credit’ for innovation work, says ENW boss
In an interview with Network, Emery said that although ENW is a “keen participant” in industry innovation funding schemes, he expects to come under increasing shareholder pressure to clarify “how can we bank the cheque for this [innovation work] for Electricity North West?”
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District heat: an attractive investment?
District heat networks were gifted an unexpected pot of money from the government in last year’s Budget. The government committed to provide £320 million in capital support over the next five years. This investment is expected to fund 200 heat networks that will supply the equivalent of more than 400,000 homes and leverage £2 billion of private investment.At the end of last month the government launched a consultation asking how the money should best be spent and monitored.
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Dealing with the digital enemy: the rise of cybercrime
If energy networks aren’t concerned about the threat of terrorism via cyber attack, they should be. This was the blunt message from General Keith Alexander, former first commander of United States cyber command and former director of the National Security Agency, as he spoke to delegates at Accenture’s international utilities and energy conference earlier this year.
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Debating the steep path to net-zero 2050
February brings twin conferences for the sector: the Future Networks event on 25 February, followed by the Future of Heat on 26 February. The events will allow the sector to debate its response to the huge challenges it faces: the net-zero by 2050 target, combined with the additional pressure it has created ahead of the RIIO-2 regime, then the abandonment of natural gas and heat decarbonisation.
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Data: maximising value, minimising risk
We’re often told that energy data is valuable. Less often discussed is the fact that handling data can be risky. But just as not all data is equally valuable, some types of data are riskier than others. The trick is to maximise value while minimising risk.
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