While the government’s Energy Price Guarantee has provided price certainty for most customers, there remain several million often low-income households, for whom the position is deeply unfair. This report 'It's a Lottery: how Ofgem's price cap fails Economy 7 customers' by Maxine Frerk, explains how this has happened and how to address this
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.
A new collective action case is setting out to sue water companies in England for discharging sewage into seas and rivers. Could this first-of-its-kind case be an essential tool in the fight against the discharges of sewage?
In our latest consultation, we are disappointed that Economy 7 customers did not feature in Ofgem's programme of work for the price cap which it is currently consulting on. We strongly believe it should, as such customers account for 10% of all households
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
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.
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?
The Reform of the Electricity Markets (REMA) will shape end-user outomes for decades to come, with both risks and opportunities. We need to better understand how industry costs and charges will flow through to end-users in practice. Overall, we need to ensure outcomes for end-users are broadly fair and equitable, argues Associate Judith Ward
We outline our response to the proposed Review of the Electricity Markets Arrangements (REMA) in a letter, and answer a series of questions. We argue that it is vital that the impact on end-users of these reforms is considered, because the changes will have far-reaching implications for decades to come.
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