Chris Huhne speech: industry reaction
I wrote below about whether the industry would get what it wanted from Chris Huhne, the energy secretary, in his speech to the Liberal Democrats today. Now his brief but initiative-packed speech is...
View ArticleEnergy companies want low-carbon incentives, but don’t expect much
Last week I wrote that one of the areas of complete agreement at a debate during the European Future Energy Forum had been that there needed to be a high and stable carbon price in order to incentivise...
View ArticleWhy are British Gas customers’ bills going up?
British Gas customers brace yourselves. From December 10 you will have to pay an average of £53 extra a year for gas and £29 extra for electricity. But given this global gas glut that we keep hearing...
View ArticleGovernment and business at odds over green investment bank
There have already been some noises off between the UK government and the green energy industry over the green investment bank, the government's proposed investment vehicle for funding clean energy...
View ArticleSylvia Pfeifer interviews Centrica’s Roger Carr
Continue reading: Sylvia Pfeifer interviews Centrica’s Roger Carr
View ArticleUnder-fire UK energy companies play for time
This morning's clampdown by the UK regulator on the country's big six utilities was unexpectedly hard-hitting. Continue reading: Under-fire UK energy companies play for time
View ArticleCentrica leaves key gas field off-line
It was not a bluff. When Centrica warned a month ago that it might choose to leave one of Britain’s biggest gas fields off-line because of the higher taxes levied on UK energy companies, some thought...
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