Adam John

Price controls are potentially stifling innovation by energy distribution networks, a National Grid director has warned. Phillipa Slater was reflecting on her first 12 months at National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which she joined after two decades at RWE’s renewables business. Specifically Slater, who is NGED’s director of asset management…

Ofgem has confirmed it will delay the implementation of reforms to the connections process to Q2 2025. The reforms, based around a principle of “first ready, first connected”, were due to come into force in January of next year but Ofgem has agreed to a delay because of “extraordinary levels…

Focusing on bill reduction “risks setting GB Energy (GBE) up to fail in the short term” and will threaten “the long-term future of the organisation”. That is one of the conclusions of a new report which makes a number of recommendations as to how the government can make the publicly-owned…

Renewable energy experts are calling for a regional approach to offshore wind farm environmental monitoring and consenting. The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s latest report outlines its vision for the adoption of a Regional Ecosystem Monitoring Programme (REMP) which it said would assess the environmental impacts of offshore wind projects…

Plans have been unveiled for a “landmark” 100MW onshore wind farm which, if approved, will become the largest in England. Scout Moor II, which has been announced by Cubico Sustainable Investments, will be located next to the existing Scout Moor wind farm between Edenfield, Rawtenstall, and Rochdale in the North…

Deferring investment in electricity distribution networks in favour of a “flex first” approach could lead to a “false economy”, Ofgem has warned. The energy regulator has raised concerns that a “narrow focus” on flexibility to defer network investment is “potentially not the best use case in the long term”, and…

Five energy suppliers failed to meet their total Renewables Obligations (RO) by the deadline, resulting in a £14.2 million shortfall, Ofgem has confirmed. Despite the significant sum of money owed, the figure falls well short of the mutualisation thresholds of £72.2 million for England and Wales and £7.2 million for…

Requirements for National Gas and gas distribution networks (GDNs) to provide traditional metering when requested will be aligned with the smart meter rollout. Known as ‘Sunset Conditions’, the four GDNs are required to comply with any reasonable request by a supplier to provide and install a traditional domestic gas meter,…

A “landmark rule change” being implemented by Elexon will, for the first time, allow independent flexibility aggregators to participate in the wholesale electricity market. Current rules stipulate that independent aggregators are only allowed to offer services in the Balancing Mechanism, on behalf of the flexibility providers they represent.