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Supplier failures, rising prices and another review – the case for serious retail market reform
The need for reform of the retail energy market is increasingly clear – the past week has seen the [...]
Significant network charging and network access reforms ahead – part II
Ofgem is exploring major changes to electricity network charging and access arrangements that will affect all users of the system [...]
Significant network charging and network access reforms ahead – part I
Electricity network charging is facing its most significant reforms since the creation of the current NETA/BETTA system. Ofgem believes [...]
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De-carbonising everything: is CCU the answer?
I have bemoaned in previous posts the dependence of de-carbonisation goals on carbon capture and storage (“CCS”), a process that has yet to demonstrate commercial viability, other than in the context of enhanced oil recovery, which is hardly supportive [...]
Relying on interconnectors for security of supply carries risks
Last week Will Gardiner, chief executive of Drax Group, told the Guardian newspaper that Britain’s increasing reliance on electricity imports through the use of interconnectors is a threat to energy security, and will result in the country importing carbon [...]
Market coupling failures undermine the Internal Energy Market
There are two main pillars to European energy policy: the internal energy market (“IEM”) and the Climate Change Package. The IEM was the result of extending the Single Market into energy, and involved the unbundling of networks from generation [...]
Oil price rise set to continue after US pulls out of Iran deal
Oil prices have been in the doldrums since the collapse from record highs of over US$110 /barrel in June 2014, broadly trading sideways in a US$ 40-60 range until late last year, when prices broke out, and passed US$70 [...]
De-carbonisation of heat will be an expensive challenge
In the last few weeks there have been a number of announcements by the Government and others on the challenging subject of the de-carbonisation of heat. Heating and cooling currently accounts for nearly half of UK energy consumption, and [...]
Transmission charging: outcome of judicial review uncertain but changes are inevitable
Last week the legal challenge issued by Peak Gen and seven other companies against Ofgem’s decision last year to change the charging base for the demand residual component of transmission charges was heard at the Royal Court’s of Justice [...]
Energy innovation continues, but regulatory change is proving truly disruptive
Today my energy blog, Watt-Logic is two years old! Another interesting year… Looking back at what I wrote a year ago proves what I’ve said before about making predictions in this market (or otherwise). Writing just a couple of [...]
Energy retail increasingly challenging for smaller suppliers
The energy retail sector has once again been in the news with the big energy companies raising prices - British Gas announced an average 5.5% increase, followed by EDF with a more modest 1.4% rise. Both companies linked the price [...]
Battery storage business models emerge against a changing regulatory backdrop
2017 saw 200MW of new battery storage projects coming online in Britain. As the market develops, various business models are emerging, however project sponsors face challenges in developing these models against a backdrop of a changing regulatory landscape that [...]
The digitisation of energy: another dimension to the energy transition
When people speak about the “energy transition” they mean de-carbonisation and its associated changes, however another fundamental change in the market is taking place at the same time: the digitisation of energy. Technology is enabling more and more devices [...]
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