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Despite a brief media storm last week, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) was adamant that a new Energy Bill would be included in the Queen's Speech this week. A flurry of suggestions that the Bill would be pushed out by Lords' reform were firmly quashed by the department, but not be ...more »

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  1. The switch story is too simplistic

    comments | Utility Week

    It's great to see some competition in the mass switching game. The Big Switch has been followed closely by the Huge Switch from energy­helpline.com. At Utility Week we guess that the Huge Switch will get favourable press coverage, mainly because energyhelpline.com provides the switching service..

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  2. What's the industry's future?

    comments | Utility Week

    Some important aspects of the energy industry future will be under discussion at upcoming Utility Week meetings. ..

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  3. It's government's job to sell the green revolution

    UK | Utility Week

    So far, successive governments have made a mess of convincing the public to save energy, and with it carbon...

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  4. Drought is an opportunity for more radical discussion

    soapbox | Utility Week

    Every time we have a drought, we have a drought summit, and the usual suspects get together to discuss how best to manage the short-term situation. Always the short-term situation...

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  5. The growing gulf between £200 billion and reality

    UK | Utility Week

    A piece of received wisdom has crept up on us over the past year or so. It is that the cost of replacing and uprating our energy generation and grid delivery capacity in the UK will be between £200 billion and £300 billion by 2030. Ministers now reel it off routinely as fact during debates..

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Current News


  1. Swimmers empowered by sewer spill data as bathing season starts

    UK | Utility Week

    Water company data has allowed coastal water quality alerts to take off, as the 2012 bathing season officially begins this week...

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  2. SSE post slight profit rise as networks and generation outperform supply segment

    Electricity | Utility Week

    SSE emphasised the benefits of a mix of market and regulated businesses as it announced a rise in pre-tax profits in its network and wholesale businesses and a reduction for its retail business - new reporting segments for the business as a whole...

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  3. SSE to buy Phoenix supply business for £19.1 million

    Gas | Utility Week

    Northern Ireland gas company Phoenix Energy Holdings is to sell its gas supply businesses to SSE to focus on distribution. ..

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