Publications

We recently ran a roundtable on Economy 7 customers involving charities, regulators and government following a report by Maxine Frerk called 'It's a Lottery'. It is clear that the way many suppliers make use of the flexibility in how they set relative day and night rates is creating a lottery across suppliers, regions and payment methods.

Roundtable slides

 

We are very struck that nowhere in the consultation is there any discussion of the impacts of the proposed changes on Profile Class 2 (multi-rate) customers, who pay different amounts depending on when they use energy. It appears that changes could have a bigger impact on these customers than it does on customers on a standard rate tariff.

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In our submission to Ofgem on Future Systems and Network regulation, we highlight four areas that we think the regulator needs to address. Firstly, the need for investment given the significant challenges around net zero and the demands of national energy security; secondly managing uncertainty around the role of hydrogen and heat decarbonisation; thirdly the importance of adaptive planning and lastly strengthening the networks’ role on social and environmental issues

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Generally we are supportive of the Data Best Practice Guidance as a response to the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce recommendations and the evident challenges of meeting net zero. We support the idea that de-personalised, (suitably aggregated or anonymised), smart meter data held by Distribution Network Operators should be treated as Energy System Data and subject to the requirements of the Data Best Practice guidance. 

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The new government’s recent “growth plan” has prompted huge debate and controversy. But whatever people may feel about the specific proposals, and who they benefit, it also raises relevant questions about the growth agenda more widely, and specifically for the utility sector. Associate Martin Hurst asks, how can the needs of net zero and the natural environment - both critical to utilities - be legitimately framed as good for growth?

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