Jonathan Brearley, CEO at Ofgem, gave a briefing on the energy market as part of a webinar for the Institute for Government yesterday (23 January).

The Energy Networks Associate (ENA) has appointed David Boyer as the organisation’s new director of electricity systems.

In today’s Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – we take a look at the ESO Enhanced Measures, as well as the cut in generation from EDF amid strike action in France and the growth of Dynamic Containment.

The non-profit New Automotive has released a new report offering a snapshot of the UK’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, revealed that the UK’s infrastructure rollout is on target to meet Government targets.

Ninety-five charities and non-profit organisations have signed an open letter to the chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP, calling for a social tariff to be implemented in the energy market to assist vulnerable households.

The UK Government has called on Good Energy, Utilita and Scottish Power to increase Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) voucher redemptions to ensure customers with prepayment meters are able to redeem £400 in support on energy bills.

Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps has called on energy suppliers to stop force fitting prepayment meters with many doing “nowhere near enough” to support vulnerable customers.

​National Grid ESO has announced the first live Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) event, as tight margins and a temperature drop push the operator to take additional measures.

The National Energy Action (NEA) charity has warned that next year’s statistics will “expose the full impact” of the energy crisis, despite the Office for National Statistics’(ONS) provisional winter mortality in England and Wales statistics for 2021 to 2022 showing the second lowest figure since 1950 to 1951 (13,400).

The UK Government has reached a crucial milestone in the decarbonisation of its transportation fleet, with 25.5% of all its cars now regarded ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV).