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​A variety of energy companies and organisations have written to Ofgem to urge the regulator to make net zero central to the next price controls.

​A project looking to create a reactive power market for distributed energy resources (DERs) has started its first end-to-end live trial.

​Western Power Distribution (WPD) has awarded 222MW of flexibility in its sixth round of procurement.

In order to reach net zero in Europe, a number of ‘technology quests’ must be embarked upon to upgrade grids, enable bifacial solar and driving electric vehicle (EV) deployment.

​Reductions in network operators’ budgets could result in electricity grids becoming the “weak link” in the power sector transformation.

​The energy networks have committed to supporting innovation with the creation of an Innovation and Industry Charter.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has proposed changes to the Smart Energy Code that would allow network companies to switch off technologies like domestic electric vehicle (EV) chargers in the event of an emergency.

The UK’s electricity system price spiked to over £500/MWh last night (15 September) in response to low levels of wind generation.

​Further savings of £1.7 billion could be created if Ofgem went further in RIIO-2 according to Citizens Advice.

​Southern and Scottish Electricity Networks (SSEN) has published research on the projected uptake of low carbon technologies (LCTs).