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Heathrow expansion ruled illegal over climate change

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been ruled unlawful as the government failed to consider the UK’s Paris Agreement commitments. Today’s historic judgement is the first ever to be based on the Paris Agreement, and states that commitments to limit...

6.4 million customers switch supplier in 2019

It’s been revealed that 6.4 million UK customers switched electricity provider in 2019, an average of 12 switches per minute and a 9% increase on 2018’s figure of 5.8 million. On average, over half a million customers switched supplier each month. April set a new...

Boris’ cabinet: Alok Sharma appointed Business and Energy Secretary

After reshuffling his cabinet this morning, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Alok Shama as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), replacing Andrea Leadsom. Sharma, MP for Reading West and former International Development...

BEIS backs Ofgem as heat network regulator

In 2018, a study by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), found that whilst heat networks are effective towards cutting carbon emissions, the absence of a regulator means residents aren’t benefiting from equivalent standards of protection to that of gas and...

Ofgem launches Decarbonisation Action Plan

On his first day in office, Ofgem’s new chief executive Jonathan Brearley has launched the Decarbonisation Action Plan; a series of actions required to ensure the UK is ready to deliver net zero. The plan focuses particularly on heat and transport, the two biggest...

Proud platinum sponsor of IRPM Annual Seminar 2020

We’re honoured to announce that Data Energy are platinum sponsor of the Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM) Annual Seminar 2020. Held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre on the 21st May, the seminar will see leading industry figures tackle the big...