Industry news
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14/05/12
Energy costs are a major concern for small businesses
The Forum of Private Business, an organisation which supports small UK companies, published research last week which revealed ‘energy’ ranks alongside telecommunications, as the most...
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09/05/12
Queen's Speech promises Electricity Market Reform
Legislative commitments on the Electricity Market Reform (EMR) were included in today's Queen's Speech. The EMR commitment relates to a previous UK Government pledge to legislate...
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25/04/12
BBC 5 Live Commercial Energy Investigation
BBC Radio 5 Live team have conducted an investigation into allegations of mis-selling at Commercial Energy – a brokerage firm that arranges gas and electricity...
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23/04/12
Smart Grid Framework launched by Ofgem
Energy regulator Ofgem recently unveiled its first Smart Grid Evaluation Framework, with the aim of boosting the rollout of smart grids by the energy industry. The...
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13/04/12
Volcanic plans to fuel the UK
The UK is involved in talks with Iceland over their plentiful geothermal energy supply, which could be pumped to Britain via Interconnectors. A government spokesman...
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29/03/12
Triad Winter 2011/12 dates confirmed
What are the Triads? The costs of operating the National Grid System are recouped by National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (NGET) through levying of Transmission Network...
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27/03/12
Consultation on a simplified CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme are announced
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) is a mandatory UK-wide trading scheme introduced in April 2010 which targets emissions from large public and private sector...
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14/03/12
Energy supplier third party price increases
UES Energy has recently received correspondence from npower and Haven Power, advising that they are passing on increases in third party costs to our clients...
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15/03/12
Worrying outlook for UK gas prices in 2012
A report issued by US bank Merrill Lynch earlier in the month suggests that the UK could face very significant rises in gas prices during...
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24/02/12
New Climate Change Levy (CCL) rates from April 2012
The Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a charge on energy usage for business and the public sector. It was introduced by Government to encourage energy...
