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Windfall tax harms oil and gas production and must be cut
In May last year, the UK Government introduced a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies [...]
Why Norway’s views on energy security should ring alarm bells across Europe
Norway's energy security would appear to be a done deal, yet the past couple of years have been very [...]
Addressing the high real cost of renewable generation
Over the past few months we have been inundated with claims from interested parties that more renewables are the [...]
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As the price cap falls below the EPG, is the energy market set to re-open?
On 25 May, Ofgem announced the new price cap level that will apply from 1 July. The cap level is to fall from £3,280 now to £2,074 for a typical dual fuel household. Of course, consumers currently benefit from [...]
French energy report seeks return of “energy sovereignty”
On 30 March, the French Parliament published a report entitled “D’enquête visant à établir les raisons de la perte de souveraineté et d’indépendance énergétique de la France” or “Inquiry aimed at establishing the reasons for the loss of sovereignty [...]
Huge subsidies thrown at consumers, but energy security remains at risk
My blog is 7 years old today! This past year has seen some interesting and unexpected developments for my business and my blog. The blog has been more widely read than ever, particularly my articles about Norway, one of [...]
Windfall tax harms oil and gas production and must be cut
In May last year, the UK Government introduced a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies operating on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”), in response to press stories about “excess” energy company profits. Regular readers will [...]
Ofgem moves forward on financial resilience and ringfencing
For the past year Ofgem has been trying to address concerns around the financial resilience of energy suppliers after half of them went bankrupt in late 2021 following the rapid increase in wholesale prices. Ofgem has been strongly criticised [...]
Forced pre-payment meter installations: a scandal in more ways than one
Back in February The Times published an exposé into the forced installation of pre-payment meters ("PPMs") by British Gas among others. The article created a huge scandal, putting British Gas in particular in the cross-hairs of politicians, the media [...]
Powering Up Britain: a long-winded way of saying little that is new
Last week the Government published its much anticipated Powering Up Britain strategy, along with several thousand pages of documentation. This followed a High Court case last year which found that policy to date was insufficiently detailed to deliver on [...]
Application for a judicial review of the sale of Bulb fails but there may be an appeal
Two weeks ago I summarised the hearings held in late February before the Administrative Court in the application for a judicial review of sale of Bulb Energy to Octopus Energy in a deal involving a subsidy worth up to [...]
Energy Industries Club speech on energy security
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of speaking at the Energy Industries Club dinner on the subject of energy security…here is a copy of my remarks... Good evening everyone, I’m delighted to be here for the inaugural evening [...]
Will there be a judicial review of the sale of Bulb to Octopus?
At the end of February I attended five of the six sessions of the application for a judicial review (“JR”) of the decision to sell Bulb to Octopus Energy which was heard in the Administrative Court. Since I missed [...]
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