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'Modern, smarter, digitally enabled': Ofgem sets out price control plan for local networks from 2023
'Modern, smarter, digitally enabled': Ofgem sets out price control plan for local networks from 2023

Energy regulator sets out how it expects to deliver a 'more modern, smarter, digitally enabled' grid that can support up to 11 million electric vehicles by 2030 and increased demand for heat pumps

  • Energy
  • 21 December 2020
Ofgem must put the UK's net zero goal at the heart of every decision in makes
Ofgem must put the UK's net zero goal at the heart of every decision in makes

To benefit current and future consumers, the energy watchdog should place net zero at the centre of everything it does, writes RenewableUK's Yonna Vitanova

  • Energy
  • 16 December 2020
Ofgem touts £40bn-plus green grid investment under new price controls plan
Ofgem touts £40bn-plus green grid investment under new price controls plan

Regulator confirms RIIO-2 price controls for next five years which earmark £40bn for green grid projects, but energy firms fear limits on returns could make it harder to attract much needed investment in the net zero transition

  • Infrastructure
  • 08 December 2020
National Grid aims to wire up carbon savings via overhead electricity and hydrogen innovation
National Grid aims to wire up carbon savings via overhead electricity and hydrogen innovation

Ofgem announces fresh funding awards for cutting-edge hydrogen gas network and advanced transmission technology projects

  • Technology
  • 30 November 2020
Ofgem's new net zero group is a step in the right direction
Ofgem's new net zero group is a step in the right direction

The energy regulator's new net zero advisory group is a welcome development, but not having government housing ministers among its membership is a major oversight, argues Good Energy's Kit Dixon

  • Net Zero Now
  • 01 October 2020
SSE Energy Services to pay Ofgem £1.2m for missing smart meter targets
SSE Energy Services to pay Ofgem £1.2m for missing smart meter targets

Voluntary settlement to paid by OVO Energy, which acquired SSE's energy supplier business in January this year

  • Supplier
  • 21 August 2020
Ofgem to probe record £718m grid balancing costs during Covid-19 lockdown
Ofgem to probe record £718m grid balancing costs during Covid-19 lockdown

Energy regulator's three month review geared at better managing UK grid costs in future as more renewables and green technologies come online

  • Energy
  • 19 August 2020
Pipe upgrade project set to slash methane footprint of Britain's gas network
Pipe upgrade project set to slash methane footprint of Britain's gas network

  • Energy
  • 04 August 2020
ENA launches consultation on boosting UK energy flexibility market
ENA launches consultation on boosting UK energy flexibility market

Energy Networks Association unveils next phase of its influential Open Networks Project

  • BusinessGreen
  • 03 August 2020
'Turn Britain's streets green': Ofgem unveils plan to prep local grids for EV surge
'Turn Britain's streets green': Ofgem unveils plan to prep local grids for EV surge

Proposals for next electricity distribution price control period geared at developing more flexible grid for EVs, electric heating, batteries and digitisation

  • Energy
  • 30 July 2020
Regulatory failure: Ofgem's new rules risk slowing the shift to net zero energy
Regulatory failure: Ofgem's new rules risk slowing the shift to net zero energy

Ofgem’s proposals for regulating the energy networks need a major overhaul if UK is to deliver net zero emissions, argues E3G's Simon Skillings

  • Energy
  • 22 July 2020
Net zero needs skilled workers and investment - Ofgem's ill-judged proposals threaten both
Net zero needs skilled workers and investment - Ofgem's ill-judged proposals threaten both

Energy regulator's plans to rein-in day-to-day spending could imperil net zero projects as well as training for already over-stretched workers, argues Sue Ferns of trade union Prospect

  • Energy
  • 15 July 2020
Ofgem unveils £25bn green grid plan
Ofgem unveils £25bn green grid plan

Watchdog sets out new funding settlement, but proposals face immediate backlash from "disappointed and deeply concerned" network operators who fear plans could hamper smart grid deployment

  • Energy
  • 09 July 2020
Cracking the codes to a zero carbon future
Cracking the codes to a zero carbon future

The UK's energy network codes need drastic reform to encourage net zero innovation on the grid, argues Good Energy's Tom Steward

  • Energy
  • 28 May 2020
How bank holiday blackout fears could accelerate the shift to a net zero grid
How bank holiday blackout fears could accelerate the shift to a net zero grid

Unprecedented low demand for power coupled with high renewables generation offers both headaches – and lessons – for the energy transition

  • Energy
  • 04 May 2020
Ofgem delivers boost to wind developers with approval of Shetland-mainland electricity link
Ofgem delivers boost to wind developers with approval of Shetland-mainland electricity link

Major grid breakthrough comes as research project on Orkney reveals plans to use cutting-edge 5G-powered digital twin technology to encourage locals and businesses to engage with clean energy future

  • BusinessGreen
  • 23 April 2020
Energy data confusion hindering net zero transition, experts warn
Energy data confusion hindering net zero transition, experts warn

Government and Ofgem endorse recommendations from Energy Data Taskforce calling on them to work closer together to drive digitisation of UK's energy system

  • Energy
  • 10 March 2020
Digitalisation is key to unlocking the door to a modern decarbonised and decentralised energy system
Digitalisation is key to unlocking the door to a modern decarbonised and decentralised energy system

  • Infrastructure
  • 10 March 2020
Heat network projects secure major boost, as government plots tighter regulation
Heat network projects secure major boost, as government plots tighter regulation

Government unveils plans to establish Ofgem as regulator for heat networks, while seven district heating projects across England secure support

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  • 10 February 2020
'We must go further': Ofgem debuts Decarbonisation Action Plan
'We must go further': Ofgem debuts Decarbonisation Action Plan

Following accusations the watchdog has failed to do enough to support the net zero transition, incoming CEO uses first day in the post to unveil sweeping climate manifesto

  • Energy
  • 03 February 2020
NAO: Electricity network must curb decarbonisation costs

National Audit Office calls for stricter price controls to ensure UK electricity networks transition to zero carbon more cheaply

  • Energy
  • 30 January 2020
Ofgem's TCR will be another barrier to Net Zero
Ofgem's TCR will be another barrier to Net Zero

The TCR is the wrong policy at the wrong time, argues MakeUK's Frank Aaskov

  • Energy
  • 20 January 2020
Birth of a new green industry? Energy and car sectors converge for smart EV future
Birth of a new green industry? Energy and car sectors converge for smart EV future

Drawn up by 350 industry stakeholders, the EV Energy Taskforce has unveiled is long-awaited proposals for rolling out a consumer-friendly charging network

  • Policy
  • 15 January 2020
Government promises to make grid more resilient following power cut probe
Government promises to make grid more resilient following power cut probe

BEIS promises action to make grid more resilient will support decarbonisation

  • Infrastructure
  • 03 January 2020
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