PragmaCharge has this week (19 June) launched a modular platform to offer electric-trucking-as-a-service’ for commercial fleet operators.

Distribution Network Operator (DNO) UK Power Networks has launched 98MW of opportunities to provide electricity network flexibility across London and the East and South East. 

This week’s issue of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – explores the summer spike in demand which led to a coal fired power plant being ordered onto standby, the prediction of a falling price cap on household energy bills in Q4 2023, and National Grid ESO publishing its Early View of Winter Outlook report proposing the return of the Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) for the winter period of 2023/24.

A cost benefit assessment of locational pricing systems in Britain has found that implementing a nodal pricing system could deliver up to £51 billion in consumer savings, but benefits face regional disparities.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer launched a new strategy to produce more clean energy at a speech in Scotland today.

The UK EV industry is set to receive a major boost with Fortescue Future Industries announcing today (19 June) its intention to develop an additional “state of the art facility” for battery and electric powertrain production in Oxfordshire.

Current± Briefings: Shell Recharge on what EV industry stakeholders can learn from the experiences of the early majority will run at 10am BST on Thursday 13 July.

According to a new report released by the Public Accounts Committee today (16 June), approximately 1.7 million were left waiting for months for help on energy bills due to a “lack of bandwidth” from the government.

National Grid ESO has published a consultation focusing on its long-term reforms to the grid connections process which it says complement its shorter-term five-point plan.