Introduction GB’s licensed electricity and gas suppliers are required by their supply licenses to ensure all reasonable steps are taken to roll out smart meters to...
This Practice Note focuses on a ‘single landowner’ development where a new lease is granted for a stand-alone facility or where there is an existing lease...
Note: on 15 November 2018 payments under the Capacity Market mechanism and future Capacity Market support were suspended. This came as a result of the...
The Capacity Market (CM) is there to ensure there is sufficient investment in the overall level of reliable capacity necessary to provide secure electricity supplies. The...
Note: on 15 November 2018 payments under the Capacity Market mechanism and future Capacity Market support were suspended. This came as a result of the General Court...
Note: on 15 November 2018 payments under the Capacity Market mechanism and future CM support were suspended. This came as a result of the General Court issuing its...
Introduction In May 2017, a PwC UK survey found that of 500 businesses questioned, 65% of UK businesses were ‘significantly concerned’ over cyber risks to energy...
Background At the time the Energy Act 2013 came into force, and to an extent to this day, the UK faced real and serious challenges in relation to its electricity...
Introduction The Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (NIS Regulations), SI 2018/506, implement in the UK certain EU derived cybersecurity requirements...
The current state of energy storage in the UK and globally As long ago as 2012, a number of manufacturers, developers and commentators endorsed the ambition of an...
Introduction The advances in energy storage technology are transforming the energy market on a global scale, making energy storage a hot topic in the industry. This note...
How is energy storage currently dealt with in the England and Wales planning regime? There is currently no formal definition of energy storage or energy storage...
Brexit impact This content is likely to be impacted by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. For information on how leaving the EU will affect Great Britain’s (GB) renewable...
STOP PRESS: As of 1 April 2019, National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) became a separate legal entity within the National Grid Group, separating the system...
Author: James Todd. With thanks to David Cruickshank and Jamie Dunne Introduction The purpose of this Practice Note is to: • introduce the ‘gas peaking’ projects becoming...
Brexit impact This content is likely to be impacted by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. For information on how leaving the EU will affect the EU Internal Energy Market...