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CMA concludes that heat networks must be regulated

Yesterday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the final report of its 7-month study, concluding that Heat Networks should be regulated to protect UK customers. Heat Networks currently provide approximately 2% of building’s heat demand, with 14,000...

Energy price cap passes through Parliament

Following Ofgem’s consultation overview; a culmination of five working papers on the proposed cap, legislation passed through Parliament on Wednesday evening. The Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill will come into effect this winter and is expected to...

Heatwave sees solar power eclipse gas as UK’s top energy source

Numerous solar power-generation records were broken last month, with solar taking over from gas as the UK’s top source of electricity over the weekend, with a share of 27%. Due to a fortnight of largely cloudless skies, solar initially broke the record for weekly...

UK Heatwave: Utilities companies struggling to cope with demand

With temperatures peaking at a scorching 33.6C last week, water companies have been urging the public to be cautious of their usage, with the threat of imposing a formal hosepipe ban. A ban has already been introduced in Northern Ireland to avoid disruptions to the...

Half a million UK electricity customers switch in May 2018

More than half a million electricity customers switched supplier last month, a 13% increase from May 2017.A total of 2.3 million consumers are thought to have switched supplier since the start of the year, undoubtably with many more to follow.Over a third of May’s...