Citizens Advice has called on the UK government to establish a social tariff by 2024 to support households struggling with energy bills over the next decade.

Octopus Energy has called for the end of the use of coal as a backup energy source, as the ESO activates its contingency coal units for the first time this winter.

Trade association Energy UK has released a report identifying ten policy enablers that will help remove current barriers to low carbon heat sources.

Smart energy company gridX has partnered with ChargePoint, one of the largest networks of independent EV charging stations in Europe and North America, to boost the deployment of EV charging infrastructure via dynamic load management.

National Grid ESO has called on four of its contingency coal units to warm, as well as issuing an electricity margin notice (EMN), as capacity margins for this evening’s peak look tight.

On-street EV charging company Char.gy has confirmed it installed 500 chargepoints in the previous four weeks.

In this week’s Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact –  we take a look at how the ESO is protecting supplies, the role of renewables over the winter and what Static Firm Frequency Response will look like next month.

Energy security secretary, Grant Shapps, has entered into a partnership with ride-hailing app, Uber, which will allow the UK Government to use ‘Uber Journey Ads’ to pass on low or no-cost energy saving solutions.

A number of UK energy trade associations remain “concerned” on the powers granted to Ofgem to deliver the government’s net zero prospects.