Energy Policy
Following on from my previous post describing the BEIS Select Committee’s recommendations into improved governance at Ofgem, this post examines the specific market reforms to the retail energy market proposed by the Committee. In particular the Committee is calling for a social energy tariff [...]
Today I took part in a webinar The Energy Crisis: Causes and Solutions hosted by Net Zero Watch (it can be viewed on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9sBOWYkv1M) Below is a copy of my opening remarks to which I have added some charts for illustrative purposes [...]
Politicians have been telling conventional energy business for years that they intend for their business models to become obsolete in the transition to net zero. Now they seem completely taken aback by the fact that these private businesses, which exist primarily to deliver returns [...]
If anyone had any residual doubts as to Ofgem’s performance in regulating the retail energy market, or whether BEIS was able to exert any sort of positive influence, they were dispelled this week when first former CEO Dermot Dolan and then his successor, Jonathan [...]
On Monday, Ofgem issued yet another set of consultations into the retail price cap. The key proposals are to review the price cap every three months rather than the current six months, and make a small reduction in the notice given to suppliers of [...]
Ever since I began my blog I have been warning about falling winter capacity margins and the risks to security of supply in the British electricity market. There are compelling reasons why this winter may see these concerns crystallise into real risks to energy [...]
On 21 April, the Canadian Gas Association and Electricity Canada released a flagship report, Net Zero: An International Review of Energy Delivery System Policy and Regulation for Canadian Energy Decision Makers which presents international case studies and a roadmap for Canada to amend and [...]
My blog is 6 years old today! Looking back over the past couple of years makes me wonder what the next year will bring...after a pandemic we now have a war, and while we in Britain may not be officially At War with anyone, [...]
Last week the a House of Commons Committee heard from the heads of some of the country’s leading energy suppliers of their concerns for increased fuel poverty next winter as the energy crisis deepens, amid calls for the introduction of a social energy tariff. [...]
This month the Government and Ofgem have announced the creation of a new system operator to manage both the gas and electricity transmission systems in Great Britain. Dubbed the “Future System Operator”, the organisation will be publicly owned and involves the nationalisation of National [...]