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  • Home supply and services

    Domestic Suppliers Smart Meter Targets Updated For 2023 

    As part of its Mid-Year Review, the government is consulting on the Smart Meter Targets Framework for Year 3 (2024) and Year 4 (2025) of the revised smart meter rollout, setting out energy supplier annual smart meter installation targets on a trajectory to 100% coverage by the end of 2025....

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Navigating the Changing Landscape of Balancing Services Pricing Developments

    From an energy market perspective, 2022 was an especially interesting year as geopolitical events pushed Europe’s energy sector out of the status-quo and into uncertain and uncharted territory. While most of the attention remained focused on developments within the wholesale sphere, interesting developments arose within the balancing services space too....

  • Business supply and services

    Average gas and power prices for SMEs declined sharply in February

    From late 2021, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) looking to secure a fixed energy contract would have seen steep increases in their energy bills, driven primarily by price volatility in the wholesale energy markets. In this week’s 'Chart of the week', we discuss the changes in prices for SMEs up...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Taking charge: are they ready? Local authority charging infrastructure plans

    Electric vehicle (EV) uptake and public charge point installs have increased rapidly over the last few years, but to support the next wave of EV drivers, the public charging network needs to be improved. Government has outlined the leading role it expects from local authorities (LAs) in planning and delivering...

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Out with the old, in with the new: T-4 Capacity Market clears at record price

    On 21 February, the T-4 Capacity Market auction for Delivery Year 2026-27 cleared at a record high price of £63.00/kW/year, procuring 43,000.955MW of capacity. In this week’s 'Chart of the week', we explore the key takeaways from the auction.