Npower has become the latest supplier to be hit with a fine by Ofgem over failures in its advanced meter roll out.

​The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has launched a major new consultation seeking views on a range of potential ‘future worlds’ of the energy system that could be adopted to unlock the benefits inherent to the ongoing evolution of networks.

Ofgem has teased “fundamental reforms” to the energy supplier hub model after concluding it to be “not fit for purpose in the long term”.

Clean energy supplier Octopus Energy has won a competitive tender to take on nearly 100,000 customers from Iresa after it collapsed last week.

The E.On and RWE asset swap has edged closer after the former successfully completed a voluntary public takeover offer to minority shareholders of RWE’s innogy unit.

Centrica has set ambitious targets for divisions focused on the energy transition after it recorded a slump in H1 operating profit.

Ofgem has published its update on its next set of RIIO price controls, with the immediate headline to take that the regulator has deferred a final decision on appropriate returns until December. But there are a number of interesting points within the 120-page document that are sure to get the networks sector talking.

Energy regulator Ofgem has deferred its decision on the cost of equity range for energy networks in the forthcoming RIIO-2 framework until December, but has unveiled a raft of decisions as its new framework begins to take shape.

The UK’s power sector continued on its trajectory towards “rapid” adoption of renewables in 2017, according to official government statistics.

Engie has pointed towards solid organic growth in its renewables and networks divisions as the French energy major continues to reap the dividends of a strategic redirection.