Energy Policy
Nuclear power may be on the verge of a global renaissance just over a decade after the Fukushima disaster placed its future in doubt. The global shortage of gas in the face of the Ukraine war, with western buyers shunning Russia and Putin weaponising [...]
With the growing energy crisis across Europe there are calls for more action on demand reduction, and in particular to reduce energy wasted through heat losses. Research by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (“ECIU”) suggests that poorly insulated homes will see energy costs [...]
Over the past few days I have been invited to comment in the mainstream press about the current energy crisis, both in terms of security of supply and high costs. These two legs of the trilemma now dominate the news as people rightly worry [...]
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 [...]