The National Audit Office (NAO) has published an update on the rollout of smart meters showing that the UK has fallen well behind its original target of completing the rollout by 2019.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has announced a programme of investment in the transmission network in Scotland to connect offshore wind to the UK’s energy grid.
Octopus Energy has called on the National Grid ESO to stop burning coal and instead use consumer energy consumption flexibility to reduce demands on the energy grid.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against advertising by fossil fuel giant Shell brought by the activist network Adfree Cities.
The UK government has announced changes to the Energy Profits Levy, which put a marginal tax rate of 75% on North Sea oil and gas company profits which will see the tax rate fall back to 40% if prices “consistently return to normal levels for a sustained period.”
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), a nonprofit advisory group, has published research predicting that current government policies for heating new and existing homes will dramatically increase foreign gas dependence.
The UK government has decided to accept amendments to the Energy Bill which would give Ofgem a statutory duty to help meet the goal of Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.
