Speaking at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, the MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, Jonathan Reynolds, said the operation of the energy system is “very complicated at the moment” and that simplifying it “would make a lot of sense”.
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When chancellor George Osborne launched the National Infrastructure Commission in the autumn of last year, it had been a long time coming.
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The company yesterday (13 July) released the latest iteration of its annual Future Energy Scenarios report, which examines a series of possible trajectories for the energy system corresponding to different degrees of green ambition and prosperity.
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Commissioned by the department formerly known as Decc, the Future Power Systems Architecture report took a year to compile and has been on the cusp of launching since May.
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The union for energy workers said a “smart energy revolution”, where an internet of energy allows fridges, washing machines and dishwashers to be automatically run at times of low-energy-demand to help lower peak demand is “fanciful nonsense”.
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National Grid’s chief financial officer Andrew Bonfield told Network that the two sales represent different opportunities and the sale of SGN would be a different business model from its own.
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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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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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