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National Grid spent “tens of millions” of pounds cleaning up its North Hyde substation after the devastating fire earlier this year. However, the company’s chief financial officer Andy Agg told Utility Week that National Grid does not expect to fork out significant compensation in relation to the incident which knocked…

The Environment Agency has urged water companies to take action and has warned of the “precarious” drought situation facing England. If this winter is drier than normal, it added, England will experience worse levels of drought next year.

The new 'super regulator' being set up to monitor the water sector should have a seat on each company’s board, an industry expert has suggested. Ian Barker, honorary professor at the University of Exeter’s Centre for Water Systems, said such a move could encourage water companies to “up their performance”…

There is a “growing risk” of the UK’s offshore energy supply chain relocating overseas due to project delays, a trade body has warned. Global Underwater Hub’s (GUH) latest business survey found that frequent delays to offshore energy and infrastructure projects are threatening the viability of the UK supply chain.

Contracts for difference (CfD) could be introduced to the gas market under plans being considered by government. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said the model, currently used for low-carbon electricity generation, is one of several revenue-support tools under consideration to ensure supply meets demand for gas in…

Yorkshire Water has said it will be able to remove its hosepipe restrictions earlier than initially thought thanks to the recent heavy rainfall in the area. In July the company became the first in the country to issue a hosepipe ban this year, following months of consistently low rainfall. However,…

Consumers will no longer need to be half-hourly settled before partaking in flexibility markets under new rules being unveiled by Elexon. In what is being hailed as a “breakthrough for flexibility provision”, a new change to the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) is being introduced to allow significantly more consumers…

Centrica and investment firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) have completed the acquisition of Europe’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal from National Grid. The deal, announced earlier this year, values the National Grid subsidiaries that formerly owned and operated the terminal at £1.5 billion.

Great Britain has once again broken the record for the amount of wind power generated, just one month after the previous record was set. At 5:30pm on 5 December, wind generated 23,825MW of electricity, beating the maximum generation record of 22,711MW set on 11 November.

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