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    Future calling today?

    Focus on the immediate gas price crisis has been on wholesale prices for the short-term and the imminent price caps – but what if highly volatile markets are a feature in the future and not just the present? Cornwall Insight’s Benchmark Power Curve looks at investment and operational decisions over...

  • Regulation and policy

    Chart of the week | Keeping busy: Industry workstreams mount up

    Change has always been a constant of the energy industry but the number of major workstreams underway in recent months is extremely high. This week’s Chart of the Week analyses in more detail some of those facing market participants at the moment, including licensing reform,  BEIS and Ofgem's joint review of code governance, the...

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    Chart of the week | SVT and fixed tariff gap widens

    Prior to the increase of the default price cap on 1 April 2019 to £1,254/year, we reported on 14 March that some suppliers were already positioning their default variable tariffs against the increased cap. We also reported that the gap between default and market-based fixed tariffs was increasing as wholesale...

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    Chart of the week | A tariff cap is not a price freeze

    The final confirmation of the default tariff cap on 6 November has caused a good deal of commotion. Most notably the announcement from SSE and npower that the cap is a key factor in renegotiating their merger. But, the price cap that will apply from 1 January is just over...