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    Editor’s Pick | The Dark Arts of removing price caps

    The regulator is facing a difficult challenge. Tasked by the legislation that introduced the mechanism, Ofgem now finds itself in the position of establishing whether competition in the market is “effective” enough to remove the cap on default energy tariffs. It has the opportunity to make the decision each year...

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    Love Ireland: Retail market trends in 2018

    The Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) published it's 2018 Electricity and Gas Retail Markets Annual Report on 8 July. The document summarised the key trends over the year, which covered switching, price changes and market share of the incumbent suppliers. In this blog, we look at some of...

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    Price cap progresses amidst rising pass-through costs

    In the latest development for the default tariff price cap, the government announced on Monday 26 February that it will introduce the Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill to the House of Commons. This next step ensures that the cap remains on course for implementation by winter 2018 –...