It is only to be expected in the run-up to the election, but polls are proliferating like there's no tomorrow.... ...more »

It is all going rather pear-shaped in Somerset, where National Grid is having a devil of a time over plans... ...more »

A colleagues of Disconnector's was at a meeting about peak oil and energy security. One of the speakers was Brian... ...more »

Disconnector has highlighted the madness of certain individuals who risk life and serious blackouts in bids to thieve recyclable material... ...more »

The gestation period was long and the accreditation scheme was a couple of seasons late (it had been promised for... ...more »

Here's a brand new Disconnector award, for the most laboured joke of the week (number 1 in an occasional series).... ...more »

A few eyebrows were raised last week when the Crown Estate announced the location of its press conference about the... ...more »

And finally, Disconnector's quote of the week. As those close to the action know, the ­government is having a spot... ...more »

Disconnector is intrigued to see the verbal sparring prompted by a Utility Week web story about a poll for EDF... ...more »

Will bike-riding, Latin-spouting and tousled-haired mayor of London Boris Johnson ride to the rescue of National Grid? The great man... ...more »

To celebrate 1,000 days to go until London 2012, EDF Energy, the sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic... ...more »

Serial director Lady Barbara Thomas Judge (around 30 and counting) was embroiled in a bit of a stand-off recently when... ...more »

You win some, you lose some. The great man muses thus after learning that the Advertising Standards Authority has been... ...more »

Understandably, most of the media coverage of this week's publication of National Policy Statements has concen­trated on the naming of... ...more »

Red faces should be the order of the day at Scottish and Southern Energy. Last month, the company failed in... ...more »

Normally the fact that a patient is recovering in hospital would not make the headlines. Last week, though, was a... ...more »

Judge James Spencer is getting a bit annoyed. He presided over the trial of 29 people who took over a... ...more »

City traders enjoyed themselves last week by taking a position on both Eon and RWE on the grounds that their... ...more »

Labour Party Conference sessions are not what they were. By and large the conference is carefully choreographed and stage-managed, so... ...more »

Now here's an intriguing tale. A Glastonbury estate agent called Jules Bending has grabbed the headlines by, so he claims,... ...more »

RWE Npower recently donated 80 tonnes of pulverised fuel ash from its Didcot A power station to the local canal... ...more »

Dumfries Sheriff Court has been hearing how ScottishPower staff were intrigued by a surge in power use at an industrial... ...more »

Here's a turn-up for the books. US-owned Western Power Distribution (WPD) may, after all, be on the brink of winning... ...more »

It has not been the best of times for Eon UK. Last year the generator's Kingsnorth power station was targeted... ...more »

Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. The great man muses thus after learning about the former National... ...more »

Readers of a prudish disposition may wish to look away at this point. It has emerged that a power cut... ...more »

Well, dear readers, Disconnector thinks you know the answer to this one, but here we go: is Dale Vince, Ecotricity's... ...more »

We are constantly being told how much investment is needed in the UK's power distribution networks to bring them up... ...more »

Hull resident Mark Neadley got a slightly worrying text message recently from British Gas. It informed him that he owed... ...more »

Bet this will look good on the insurance claim.A man returned home recently to find that a nine-tonne generator had... ...more »

It's a tough life being a nuclear regulator. Consider the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, busy grappling with an ageing staff, a... ...more »

Those indefatigable Germans have stolen another march on us. Initially it was being first with towels on the recliners around... ...more »

They never miss a trick (number 353 in an occasional series). Recently, readers will recall, David Willetts MP, the shadow... ...more »

Shock horror. Now here's a turn up for the books. Disconnector has learnt that a demonstration outside a major power... ...more »

RWE Npower's Mike Bourne and Mick Furby are gearing up to cycle between the energy company's Didcot and Fawley power... ...more »

Disconnector was intrigued to learn that Western Power Distribution has drawn yet another blank in its long drawn out battle... ...more »

In a confusing and ever-changing world, it is good to know that some things stay the same. Disconnector muses thus... ...more »

Earlier this month there were widespread but unsubstantiated reports across the pond that the country's power grid had succumbed to... ...more »

Oodles of comment and speculation has been swirling around in the media after the arrest last week of 114 people... ...more »

Last week, there was a flurry of media attention about last year's Climate Camp action targeting Kingsnorth power station and... ...more »

Squeamish readers and those of a nervous disposition may wish to look away at this point. Animal flatulence is back... ...more »

What's in a name? Well, if you are the retail end of RWE Npower, with an established green tariff known... ...more »

Well done The Sun. The great man applauds a recent exclusive in the red top which was headlined "The high... ...more »

Scots of Antarctica. A wind turbine manufacturer from north of the border has supplied eight turbines to help power the... ...more »

This pic shows a crack team from vegetation management specialists BTS Group. They are celebrating the fact that the company... ...more »

In the Palace of Westminster their Lordships have been getting ever so slightly heated about the phasing out of traditional... ...more »

Labour peer Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe has been getting a tad tetchy in the Upper House. Recently he complained that... ...more »

Spare a thought for EDF Energy. Apparently it is not best pleased about moves to end its energy services company... ...more »

It may or may not be getting a tad hairy in the south of Scotland. Disconnector muses thus on learning... ...more »

You may be sick of items about the credit crunch, but the following might make you smile. Wryly. As The... ...more »