Energy Policy
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 [...]
Last night the Government announced its much anticipated energy security strategy, with the full version appearing this afternoon. The strategy sets new targets for the deployment of wind, new nuclear, solar and hydrogen, whilst supporting the production of domestic oil and gas in the [...]
The Government has indicated that it is preparing a new white paper on energy security, which is now expected to be published later this week. It is widely expected to include a renewed focus on nuclear power and exploitation of the oil and gas [...]
Earlier this month, the House of Lords Industry & Regulators Committee published its report on its Ofgem and net zero enquiry. Although the terms of the enquiry centred around the role of Ofgem, the report’s focus is more on the role of Government and [...]
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February sent shock waves around the world. The response from many governments has been the imposition of sanctions on Russian businesses, particularly those with links to the Kremlin. In addition to this, many businesses have chosen to [...]
As the illegal war in the Ukraine continues, there is a growing discussion about the need to move away from a reliance on Russian commodities in the energy market, which presents new challenges to energy policy. The timing could hardly be worse, coming as [...]
This morning Ofgem has announced a record increase in the level of the default tariff price cap, from £1,277 now to £ 1,971 from 1 April, an increase of 54%. About 80% of this rise is a result of increases to wholesale gas and [...]