New stories in the e-mobility space this week include the announcement of a partnership between Northern Powergrid and Octopus which will see the energy company allow its EV customers to use their vehicles as a virtual power station, while Jersey is rolling out new EV infrastructure and E.ON has partnered with fleet management company Alphabet to offer its charging solutions to their customers.
E.ON has entered a “landmark agreement” with low carbon asset finance specialist, Horizon Energy Ventures (HEV) to bring funding solutions for its electric vehicle (EV) fleet customers.
The High Court has unequivocally found that the Government received a fair price for the acquisition of Bulb by the Octopus Energy Group, throwing out the judicial review brought by Centrica, Scottish Power and E.On.
As part of Ofgem’s fourth “deep dive” into energy supplier standards, the energy regulator found all 17 of the UK’s largest energy suppliers to have weaknesses in consumer practices.
E.ON has celebrated reaching five million smart meter installations across the UK, in what the company has called an significant milestone which “is key to E.ON’s ambition to help customers better manage their energy”.
A number of the UK’s energy suppliers have penned a letter to the government expressing concerns over the new measures proposed in the Energy Prices Bill which grant ministerial powers in the energy sector.