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?Octopus Energy Group more than doubled its revenue in the full-year 2022 from a year earlier, lifted by the strength of its Kraken billing platform business and rising customer numbers.
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Letter from the DDRB Chair to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about the timing of written evidence
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The past two years’ turmoil in world power and gas supply could yet make it ‘the last energy crisis’, Octopus Energy founder Greg Jackson hopes. Enduring losses and commercial pain could be a price worth paying, on the way to building what Jackson today calls “a cleaner, cheaper, more resilient energy system” . The maverick Read more...
The post “This could be the last energy crisis”; Octopus’ Jackson appeared first on theenergyst.com.
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Disappointing Returns May Force BP To Rein In Its Renewable Energy Push OilPrice.comView Full coverage on Google News
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New grants to be awarded to UK regulators and industry bodies to help them develop agreements with their international counterparts.
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Octopus has reported another year of losses after the supplier opted to swallow a £150m bill in rising wholesale costs.
The post Octopus swallows £150m loss from rising energy bills before Bulb buy-out customer boom appeared first on CityAM.
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Octopus says it chose to ditch profit to keep energy bills down The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
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The price energy suppliers pay for electricity is linked to the price of gas-fired generation.
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Octopus Energy's takeover of Bulb could cost the taxpayer considerably less money than previously estimated, the firm told City A.M.
The post Bulb takeover will only cost taxpayer £260m, says Octopus Energy appeared first on CityAM.
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'This is just the start': Glen Wyvis distillery uses renewable energy to keep costs down - to benefit community causes The Press & Journal
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Shell's potential exit from the energy retail market raises questions over the industry's attractiveness for businesses, warned Ofgem.
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Ofgem boss warns over declining appeal of UK's energy sector for suppliers City A.M.View Full coverage on Google News
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Steve Thomas fears some will boost their income at the expense of their health – using the money to eat instead of heat
Smart meter owners will be grateful recipients of payments from National Grid if they reduce their electricity consumption at peak times during the current cold spell (Households in Great Britain to be paid to use less electricity: how does it work?, 23 January). While this might help keep the lights on, the risk is that low-income households who are already not consuming as much energy as they need to protect their welfare will take the opportunity to boost their income at the expense of their health – using the money to eat rather than heat.
However, there is a potential stick to go with this carrot and that is the option of charging consumers more for electricity at peak times. This will only be possible when all consumers have smart meters. It is proving hard enough to convince consumers to install them without downsides becoming apparent. As with the current scheme, power demand will be reduced at peak time. However, instead of giving consumers money to do this, they will be penalised if they do not and the welfare consequences in terms of increased excess winter deaths, already far too high, will be serious. The sensible course would be to prohibit use of high prices to reduce electricity demand at peak times.
Steve Thomas
Emeritus professor of energy policy, University of Greenwich
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- Ofgem considers subsidy to level energy costs for prepayment and direct debit customers The Guardian
- Cost of living: Row over who should police energy prepayment switches BBC
- Ofgem boss DEFENDS forcing people onto pre-payment meters as 'some choose not to pay' The Mirror
- Utilita boss's seven word defence as campaigners blast installation of prepayment meters Express
- Wigan borough MP calls for ban on forced installation of prepayment meters Wigan Today
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How PepsiCo is turning waste into renewable energy: 'A case study in best practice' FoodNavigator.com
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Big return to coal in Europe killed off by record renewable energy Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
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Octopus Energy has urged Ofgem to end payment penalties sooner for standard credit customers as the cost of living crisis bites.
The post Octopus calls on Ofgem to ease higher costs for non-debit customers appeared first on CityAM.
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Qatar's energy giant cements Lebanon deal, substituting Russia Al-MonitorView Full coverage on Google News
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Oil spill “high vulnerability zone” threatens the global energy supply Open Access Government
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It is cheaper to build solar panels or cluster of wind turbines and connect them to the grid than to keep operating coal plants
Coal in the US is now being economically outmatched by renewables to such an extent that it’s more expensive for 99% of the country’s coal-fired power plants to keep running than it is to build an entirely new solar or wind energy operation nearby, a new analysis has found.
The plummeting cost of renewable energy, which has been supercharged by last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, means that it is cheaper to build an array of solar panels or a cluster of new wind turbines and connect them to the grid than it is to keep operating all of the 210 coal plants in the contiguous US, bar one, according to the study.
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In our latest weekend press round-up, Octopus Energy trades blows with its rivals over its deal to buy Bulb’s customers, while experts raise concerns about the UK’s continued dependence on overseas power supplies. In the water sector, it is revealed that both Thames and Severn Trent Water still use dowsing to detect leaks.
The post Weekend press round-up: Octopus Energy calls rivals ‘desperate’ in bitter court clash appeared first on Utility Week.
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bp Energy Outlook 2023 explores key trends and uncertainties surrounding the energy transition | News and insights | Home BPView Full coverage on Google News
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Momentum is growing in the energy sector for a social tariff, with Good Energy the latest supplier to call for more targeted support.
The post Good Energy joins industry calls for a social tariff to protect vulnerable customers appeared first on CityAM.
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Good Energy joins industry calls for a social tariff to protect vulnerable customers City A.M.View Full coverage on Google News
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I'd put £62 a week into this renewable energy stock for £500 a year in passive income Motley Fool UK
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- I went an hour without using any electricity - because people are getting paid to use less energy Hull Live
- Cost of living latest: Rent prices hit record high; electric blanket warning over shock risk; job centre strikes planned Sky News
- Energy experts share how to save £110 a month on bills without switching off appliances Express
- Doncaster residents asked to turn their lights off between 5-6pm every night to save on their energy bill Doncaster Free Press
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The regulator has been under pressure to stop firms charging customers extra if they choose to pay their bill in cash, cheque, or over the phone.
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KGHM and South32's Sierra Gorda copper mine in Chile operating on 100% renewable energy International Mining
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Ofgem has opened its tenth tender round for offshore transmission owner (OFTO) licences. The tender to own and operate the links between Dogger Bank A Phase 1, Moray West and Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farms to the onshore network.…
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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has backed the SMS plc-led research project that uses ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT)-enabled smart meters to provide tailored solutions and allow consumers to improve the energy efficiency of households.
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- Major UK energy supplier mulls plans to exit UK as 1.4 million Britons at risk Express
- Energy firm Shell to review home energy business in UK, Germany, Netherlands | English News | WION WION
- Shell doubled its profits to record $38bn last year The Times
- American Energy Giant Shell Wants to Quit Europe | Europe Energy Crisis Firstpost
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£50000 To Power Growth Of Renewable Energy Firm Development Bank of Wales
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- Energy firm Shell to review home energy business in UK, Germany, Netherlands | English News | WION WION
- Shell Energy Ponders Exit from the UK Broadband ISP Market ISPreview.co.uk
- Shell puts 2,000 UK jobs at risk with review of Shell Energy retail division The Guardian
- Shell to review home energy business in UK, Germany, Netherlands | World News | English News | WION WION
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The Coventry-based firm said tough market conditions had forced a review of the business.
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- Job risk as Shell considers quitting energy market bbc.com
- Energy firm Shell to review home energy business in UK, Germany, Netherlands | English News | WION WION
- Shell Energy Ponders Exit from the UK Broadband ISP Market ISPreview.co.uk
- Major UK energy supplier mulls plans to exit UK as 1.4 million Britons at risk Express
- Shell to review home energy business in UK, Germany, Netherlands | World News | English News | WION WION
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