DfT unveils mobility regulatory revolution to capitalise on ‘unprecedented’ shift in transport
The government has launched a major review of UK transport laws as it bids to capitalise on an “unprecedented” shift in low carbon, urban transport.
Regulation
With Ofgem’s proposed cap on cost of capital under RIIO-T2 price controls, UK transmission network operators will be challenged to rethink how they deliver capital programmes. Burns & McDonnell’s Jeff Casey and Jonathan Chapman discuss how harnessing the expertise within the engineering-construction sector will be critical to their success.
Spring Statement: Energy sector gives Future Homes Standard lukewarm response
The green economy has responded to chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Statement in lukewarm fashion, with feedback flitting between ‘genuine steps forward’ and ‘fiddling… while the planet burns’.
UK insurers aiming to unlock billions of pounds of clean energy investments
The UK’s insurance giants are proposing regulatory tweaks which could help unlock billions of pounds of investment into clean energy projects.
Tempus Energy escalates Capacity Market challenge, demands government recover past payments
Tempus Energy has escalated its legal challenge against the Capacity Market, demanding that all payments made under the mechanism be recovered.
Fresh details emerge surrounding summer Capacity Market top-up auction
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued more details surrounding its proposed T-1 top-up auction, but extended its window until the end of August “as a contingency measure”.
Liam Stoker delves into the recent spate of M&A as Big Oil and Gas firms snap up those at the forefront of the energy transition, while some are left pondering a “crisis of perception”.
Balance market beset by ‘huge lack of transparency’
The UK’s balancing market is being held back by a distinct lack of transparency, a panel of energy suppliers have concluded.
CMA launches RWE/E.On asset swap probe
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an inquiry into the so-called ‘mega merger’ between RWE and E.On.