Regulation

Ofgem chief executive Dermot Nolan has warned traditional utilities that they could be made “redundant” in a future power market typified by change and new market entrants.

The controversial roll-out of smart meters for consumers has the potential to be the “next universal credit” if it is poorly managed, Labour MP Caroline Flint has warned.

Islington Council has partnered with Robin Hood Energy to launch London’s first municipal energy provider in more than a century.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) could be about to relax its SMETS1 smart meter cut-off point for energy suppliers.

The National Infrastructure Commission has placed carbon as one of the three biggest threats posed to the country’s prosperity and quality of life over the coming decades and laid the foundations for a series of new policy proposals in the power sector.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has welcomed the publication of the Clean Growth Strategy (CGS), but issued a broadside at government plans to use “flexibilities” to meet targets.

National Grid will have a greater power margin this winter than first expected, effectively putting to bed any fears over blackouts this winter.

Global energy giants E.On and Enel have combined to trade power via a new blockchain-powered marketplace for the first time.

The failure of players in the energy market to share data is costing the industry as much as £4 billion, legal practice Foot Anstey has said.