Energy weekly highlights—9 November 2017

Table of contents

• Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing
• Ofgem confirm judicial review in respect of its decision to allow reduced embedded benefits for generation
• Ofgem releases its Targeted Charging Review update
• Ofgem seeks to improve ‘forward-looking’ elements of network charging
• Scotland to set up government-owned energy company
• Renewable energy
• RSPB refused permission to appeal offshore wind farm judicial review decision
• Agreement to mobilise green energy finance signed
• The Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment and Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
• Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Energy highlights includes Ofgem’s latest updates on network charges together with the publication of legislation and rules amendments in respect of the Capacity Market. We also report on the end to the Royal Society for the Protection of Bird’s long running judicial review of four Scottish offshore wind farm’s planning consents and, continuing the Scotland theme, provide analysis on Scottish plans for a government owned energy supply company. Finally, we note this week’s announcement regarding the proposed merger of SSE’s and Npower’s household energy supply businesses.