Investing in UK Energy: Buy, twist, stick or bust?
With another two suppliers hitting the buffers in the last month, government and policy at a standstill, regulatory change cauterising...
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Jo Butlin
- 4 min
How to structure UK energy retail markets going forward? A question from BEIS/OFGEM
Just as the holiday season got going, BEIS and OFGEM published a much needed and new consultation on the need for market change to enable...
Jo Butlin
- 3 min
Creating value from new energy markets- frustration, slow pace but opportunity through joining the d
I I’ve enjoyed the last couple of days talking to a lot of people on the state of the UK energy market. It was a pleasure to Chair one of...
Jo Butlin
- 5 min
Energy Market Transformation vs Customer Needs and Wants
I’m currently reading ‘The Everything Store’ which charts the story of Jeff Bezos and the growth of Amazon. It’s a good read, and central...
Jo Butlin
- 3 min
UK Energy Markets- Where’s the money?
In announcing its results yesterday, E.ON’s press statement used a phrase which made me smile. In reporting the UK’s poor Customer...
Jo Butlin
- 3 min
Localised energy markets- the new energy norm?
It was a record breaking 2019 Easter weekend with the whole country revelling in end to end sunshine. Fewer people would have been aware...
Jo Butlin
- 4 min
Getting better balance in the Boardroom....has to start at home
I have the same reaction to International Women’s Day (IWD) as I did when first asked to be a founder member of the Women’s Utilities...
Jo Butlin
- 2 min
Green Shoots and competing models in energy retail
After a period in the energy retail market which has been characterized by business failure, profit warnings and general doom and gloom-...
Jo Butlin
- 4 min
Energy Retail Tariffs- Entering the End Game?
Anyone who has been involved in Retail energy for any length of time is battle weary from the continuous barracking received from...
Jo Butlin
- 3 min
The arrival of the Disruptors: Battery storage and Demand Side Response
The last twelve months has seen a rapid fall in the cost of lithium ion batteries, at the same time as a rapid growth in the number of...
Jo Butlin
- 3 min
The changing power of an Electricity Supply Licence
The growth in the number of electricity supply companies has been well documented, with over 50 players now active in the market and no...
Jo Butlin
- 4 min
The Power of Simple: Electricity charging regime review
Earlier this month, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee issued a report which said that constant intervention by successive...
Jo Butlin
- 4 min
Embedded Process Flaws- A brake on energy innovation?
Ofgem today announced their minded to position for the much anticipated slashing of TRIAD benefits to embedded generators, phased over...
Jo Butlin
- 3 min
The Crazy World of Energy Retail
With around 50 domestic and 40 non domestic suppliers now operating in the UK, there is a great deal to be cheerful about when talking...
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