Energy regulator Ofgem has fined the UK’s largest gas distribution operator Cadent £44M for failing to keep customers supplied during repair works and for errors in record keeping.
Cadent operates and maintains four of the UK’s eight gas networks. It has accepted Ofgem’s rulings. The company has agreed to pay out…
Three projects to connect UK and French power networks have been left in limbo as French energy regulator CRE awaits the outcome of the Brexit process.
Projects to build new interconnectors to European countries such as Norway and Denmark are well underway, France’s CRE is holding back on approving three new…
Energy regulator Ofgem has been accused of being “short sighted” following its ruling on plans for new interconnectors in the Shetland and Western Isles in Scotland.
Ofgem ruled in favour of the Shetland transmission link, a 600MW connection between the Shetland Islands and the mainland – connecting the islands to the UK national grid for…
Energy regulator Ofgem has told Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks’ (SSEN) that it must make changes to its plans for a new interconnector for Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
Ofgem has told SSEN to secure more generational capacity before it will approve the proposed 220MW high voltage link to connect the Orkney islands to mainland Scotland. The link is…
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