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Domestic smart meter installations continued to falter in Q1 2019, rendering the government’s 2020 deadline ‘unfeasible’.

SSE’s thermal generation fleet lost more than £22 million in the company’s last financial year, leading the utility to laud its networks and renewables business units.

Innogy said it was seeking closure on the “unusual situation” of being in the middle of the RWE/E.On asset swap, while its npower retail division continued to suffer at the hands of a “persistently poor” UK market.

Property consultancy Knight Frank has handed utility Total Gas and Power a renewable power contract worth more than £75 million.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has been urged to throw the Treasury’s clout behind a transformation of energy and transport networks described as “once-in-a-generation”.

Centrica and E.On, two of the UK’s largest energy retailers, have lamented the challenging UK retail market in trading updates issued this morning.

SSE is to consult on more than 400 redundancies within its retail arm, citing increasing competition and spiralling costs.

The UK has smashed through its coal-free grid operation record, and is zeroing in on a week-long landmark.

A regulatory overhaul, a level playing field for low carbon technologies and more ambition in decarbonised heat are among the key asks from Energy UK as it seeks to set a path for energy suppliers to deliver a low carbon revolution.

Great Britain has smashed its record of continuous coal-free electricity generation, going more than 90 hours without coal over the Easter weekend.