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New report: The true affordability of net zero
This evening my latest report: The true affordability of net zero, was launched at an event hosted by The [...]
Norway turning away from electricity interconnection
Norway is turning away from electricity interconnection as its governing coalition collapses over disagreements over energy co-operation with Europe. [...]
Time to accept that wind farm costs are not falling
There has been a consistent narrative that the cost of building new wind farms is falling, with falling subsidy [...]
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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Early winter outlook confims our reliance on interconnectors
As the country basks in a heatwave, National Grid ESO has published its early outlook for next winter (this is the third year it has issued an early outlook, and it has come out a month earlier than in [...]
Time to accept that wind farm costs are not falling
There has been a consistent narrative that the cost of building new wind farms is falling, with falling subsidy prices being offered as evidence. I have challenged this narrative in the past, pointing out that evidence from the accounts [...]
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 [...]
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