This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)’s consultation responses on improving boiler standards and efficiency and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme Regulations, DESNZ’s update to the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) guidance to extend the supplier adjustment window to May 2024, and the launch of a consultation to change the date of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism scheme to 2025. This week’s highlights also include the Council of the EU's adoption of a regulation to protect the wholesale energy market, and the European Commission's adoption of a scheme for rating the sustainability of data centres, which account for a growing portion of the EU's electricity demand.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: several announcements from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), including the publication of responses to its May 2024 call for evidence on non-pipeline transportation (NPT) and cross-border CO2 networks for carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) and plans to introduce legislation to restrict the future licensing of new coal mines in the UK. It also includes round-ups of the 29th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), covering the period from 13 to 19 November 2024. The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, also launched the Global Clean Power Alliance at the G20 Summit. In addition, this week, Ofgem published its guidance on offshore transmission health reviews, its decision to extend the Ban on Acquisition-only Tariffs (BAT) to 31 March 2026 in order to protect energy consumers, and a consultation on introducing an Advanced Procurement Mechanism (APM) into the electricity transmission price control.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: Ofgem announcements on the introduction of a new approach to Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) and the total Renewables Obligation for 2023–2024, the Prime Minister's Office's press release on a pledge between England and Wales to cooperate in transition to clean energy, and Ofgem's publication of letters on the cap derogation monitoring outcome and levelisation reconciliation mechanism audit requirements.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: Ofgem’s modifications to the special conditions of the National Grid electricity transmission licence, the launch of a consultation on proposals for outturn performance metrics in RIIO-ED2, and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) response to their onshore wind consultation. This week’s highlights also include a North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) consultation on proposed regulations for disclosing carbon storage information and samples, the announcement of a UKAEA and CNL agreement to boost fusion energy development, and a provisional agreement between the Council of EU and the European Parliament on EU carbon removals certification rules.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights covers several announcements from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), including: (1) details on private investment crowded into UK offshore wind supply chains through the Clean Industry Bonus; (2) publication of version 4 of the UK Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard; and (3) updated guidance on the Capacity Market appeals process. The highly-anticipated Warm Homes Plan has also been published, backed by £15bn of public investment to upgrade up to five million homes and lift as many as one million families out of fuel poverty by 2030.

This week's edition of the Energy weekly highlights includes coverage on Great British Energy in relation to the Great British Energy Act 2025 receiving Royal Assent and the designation of Great British Energy Group Ltd as Great British Energy. We also cover several announcements from Ofgem in relation to: (1) publication of its first guidance on ethical AI use in the energy sector; (2) a decision on energy code manager selection policy; (3) the approval, with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan methodology developed by the National Energy System Operator (NESO); and (4) a decision approving the extension of grid connections reform transitional arrangements. In addition this week, the Environment Agency (EA) has published guidance, detailing requirements for independent third-party verification of annual fossil fuel boiler sales reports under the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/81, and DESNZ has allocated £630m for energy efficiency upgrades in public buildings, including schools, hospitals and care homes, as part of phase four of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: announcements from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), including a consultation on its proposed Gas Shipper Obligation (GSO) design, intended as the long-term funding mechanism for initial hydrogen production projects funded through the Hydrogen Production Business Model (HPBM), a £410m investment in fusion energy development, as well as the publication of its updated Clean Industry Bonus (CIB) allocation framework for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7). In addition, this week, Ofgem launched a consultation on directions to be issued to Elexon in its role as the Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS) implementation manager, and Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) published guidelines on the processes required for developing offshore wind farms in UK waters.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: Ofgem’s consultations on the role of data domain co-ordinators in energy system digitalisation, new guidance related to RIIO-ET3 and proposed special licence conditions for Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) projects in Window 1. In addition this week, the Plugs and Sockets etc (Safety) Regulations 1994 and Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2026 have been enacted. These will bring into force changes outlined in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)’s consultation response, also issued this week, on the regulatory framework for plug-in solar panels. Other legislative developments include the publication of the Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Act 2026, which will increase energy-related taxes, and various regulations relating to the Capacity Market (following updates to the Capacity Market Rules earlier this week), offshore oil and gas, assimilated legislation affecting nuclear projects and the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (UK CBAM). The Prime Minister’s Office, DESNZ and HM Treasury have also announced the removal of VAT from domestic energy bills for the 2026/27 financial year from 1 October 2026, with consequences for commercial and industrial energy market players.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: a news analysis on the successful judicial review of the Carbon Budget Plan, Ofgem's decisions on modifications to the Uniform Network Code and the Balancing and Settlement Code and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)'s response to its consultation on radioactive substances and nuclear decommissioning. This week's highlights also include Ofgem's publication of guidance for the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS), a draft order to require an increased proportion of sustainable aviation fuel to be supplied to the UK each year from 2025, and the Council for the EU's regulation and directive to reform existing EU hydrogen and gas legislation.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: Ofgem publishing a consultation on its minded-to position to approve the original proposal of Connection and Use of System Code (CUSC) modification CMP448, which would introduce a new, contingent ‘Progression Commitment Fee into the CUSC in connection with the TMO4+ grid connection reforms. Also this week, Ofgem has launched a consultation on proposed electricity and gas licence modifications designed to implement the Regional Energy Strategic Plan and The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has published its 2024 Reserves report, estimating the UK's proven and probable oil and gas reserves at 2.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) as at the end of 2024.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes a number of important updates on the UK low carbon hydrogen economy, including publication by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) of its Hydrogen Strategy Update to the Market for July 2025 and confirmation that 10 out of 11 successful green hydrogen production projects from the first Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR1) through the Hydrogen Production Business Model (HPBM) have signed Low Carbon Hydrogen Agreements (LCHAs) with the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC). DESNZ has also published a suite of statutory notices ahead of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), setting out the allocation framework and administrative strike prices methodology note for the round, alongside its consultation response on proposed drafting changes to the AR7 Standard Terms and Conditions (ST&Cs) to accommodate relaxed eligibility requirements for unconsented fixed-bottom offshore wind projects. In addition this week, DESNZ has published an important Clean Flexibility Roadmap and Ofgem has published an open letter outlining its initial proposals for reforming network charging signals to align with the UK government's recent decision to retain a single, reformed GB-wide wholesale electricity market in its 2025 Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) summer update.

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)'s announcement that the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has been commissioned to produce the first strategic spatial plan (SSEP) for Great Britain, along with the publication of the response to its consultation on proposed amendments to Allocation Round (AR7) and future rounds of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. In addition, this week, Ofgem launched a consultation on NESO's proposed Early Competition commercial framework.