Responding to the European Commission’s announcement today that it will be proceeding with its State Aid investigation into the UK’s Capacity Market, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “We ...

Responding to the Committee on Climate Change's  ‘UK housing: Fit for the future?’ report - published today - Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: "The contribution energy efficiency measu ...

Any discussion on how to rebuild trust in the energy sector quickly – and rightly – comes back to the importance of customers. But as a sector, how much do we look like the customers and the communities ...

Energy UK’s latest electricity switching figures – published today - reveal that nearly 400,000 (382,665) customers switched in January – up 5 percent on January 2018. 2018 was a record year for ...

Energy UK hosted a breakfast briefing with CGI on ‘Energy Efficiency - Integral to Energy Policy or Forgotten Opportunity’ on 29 January. The event featured panellists Sian Gardener, Director Consulting ...

The Future of Energy A low carbon energy system that customers see as fair and which delivers excellent service, choice and value for money to all homes ...

Responding to the commitment made by over 30 of the UK’s biggest energy and utility companies today to increase the diversity of their workforces, Abbie Sampson, Energy UK's director of external affairs ...

On 21 January, Energy UK held its first Breakfast Briefing of the year on the Industrial Strategy, one year on. The panel featured Minister for Business and Industry, Richard Harrington MP, the Chair of ...

Responding to analysis published today by the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) on domestic energy efficiency policies, Energy UK’s chief executive Lawrence Slade said: "The contribution energ ...

Responding to Ofgem’s announcement that it is raising the level of the default price cap by £117 for an average household, Energy UK’s chief executive Lawrence Slade said:   “Nobody takes the decision ...

Commenting on the UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics:1990-2017 published by BEIS today, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “These figures highlight how the UK power sector ...

Responding to the EC’s decision to appeal against last November’s General Court ruling on the UK Capacity Market, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “The Capacity Market (CM) has delivered ...

Responding to Carbon Brief's latest analysis showing that carbon emissions are down nearly two-fifths since 1990, Lawrence Slade, Energy UK' s chief executive said: “With over half of the UK's electrici ...

Commenting on the publication of the ONS's Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Survey, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: "With over half of the UK's electricity now generated by low car ...

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... on its next steps and Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry has also since responded to the Select Committee. (You can also see our response to the consultation here).  Energy UK is supportive ...

Energy UK’s electricity switching figures, published today at the start of Big Energy Saving Week, reveal that 2018 was a record year for switching with over 5.8 million - or one in five - customers making ...

Commenting on the announcement that the Wylfa nuclear power project has been suspended, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said:   “It is disappointing to hear that work has been suspended ...

Responding to Parliament’s rejection of PM’s Brexit deal, Lawrence Slade chief executive of Energy UK, said: “Tonight’s vote means continued uncertainty for business. As the Parliamentary discussions ...

Responding to the publication of Defra's Clean Air Strategy, Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive of Energy UK said: “The energy sector has made huge progress in tackling air pollution by reducing harmfu ...

Commenting on the Wylfa nuclear power project, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said:   “The UK’s ongoing transition to a low carbon energy system will require a balanced generation mix ...

Responding to Bulb's latest research on the energy price cap, Lawrence Slade, Energy UK’s chief executive said: “We have previously warned of the unintended consequences of price caps including th ...

Responding to the announcement of the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) consultation from BEIS today, Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “As a replacement to the Feed-in-Tariff, the Smar ...

Energy UK’s Young Energy Professionals Forum (YEP Forum) is pleased to announce that CGI, the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world, is renewing ...

Responding to Carbon Brief’s latest analysis showing that low-carbon sources contributed 53% of UK generation in 2018, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: "As these latest figures confirm ...

Energy UK’s latest figures – published today - reveal that nearly half a million (497,050) customers switched electricity supplier in November. This brings the total number of switches to over 5.4 million ...

Responding to the Department for Transport’s announcement on Government funded electric car chargepoints, Energy UK’s chief executive Lawrence Slade said: “As the performance and cost of electric ...

Following the publication of the Redesigning Regulation report, Lawrence Slade, Energy UK's chief executive, said: “The ReDesigning Regulation report, published today, has some interesting ideas an ...

On 26 November, Energy UK jointly hosted a Parliamentary event to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Climate Change Act, in partnership with the Committee on Climate Change, the All-Party Parliamentary Climate ...

Responding to the Government’s announcement today on its plans to develop the UK’s first Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) project, Energy UK’s chief executive Lawrence Slade said: “Our ...

Ten years to the day since the Climate Change Act was passed, Energy UK is marking the occasion by publishing a ten-point action plan setting out how the UK can continue as a world leader in tackling climate ...

Responding to the National Audit Office’s report on smart meters, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “The NAO report shows the sheer scale of delivering such a complex yet critical ...

We speak to a group of ten year olds to ask them their views on energy and the environment.  ...

Responding to the Committee on Climate Change’s ‘Hydrogen in a low-carbon economy’ report, Energy UK’s chief executive Lawrence Slade said: "Decarbonising heat is a major challenge and one that w ...

... 400,000 low carbon job across the country - and the sector is growing. Energy UK has marked the anniversary of the Act by publishing a ten-point action plan setting out how the UK can continue as ...

Responding to Ofgem's proposed new tests for licensing energy suppliers announcement today, Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “Given such a challenging financial situation in the reta ...

On 19 November, Energy UK hosted a breakfast briefing on what consumer engagement could look like in a price cap world. The panel included Anthony Pygram (Director for Conduct & Enforcement, Ofgem), Gillian ...

On 15 November, Energy UK held its Health and Safety Conference 2018 in Leeds in November, sponsored by ESB and Gore-Tex, and supported by Mental Health UK. The conference brought together health and safety ...

Latest electricity figures from Energy UK - published today - reveal that over 630,000 (633,238) customers moved to a new supplier last month. This is three percent up on October last year and brings ...

Responding to the government’s £60M budget for new round of renewable schemes announcement today, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “The UK has taken huge steps forward in reducing ...

Responding to today’s judgment by the General Court of the European Union in relation to the Capacity Market, Energy UK’s chief executive Lawrence Slade said: We are extremely disappointed by today’s ...

Following the Prime Minister's announcement this evening that the Cabinet has backed a draft Withdrawal Agreement, Energy UK issued the below statement. Lawrence Slade, chief executive of Energy UK ...

Energy UK and a wide range of signatories sent a letter today to the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, Dominic Raab and the European Chief Negotiator, Michel Barnier calling for energy and climate ...

Energy companies take fraud and crime very seriously as it can significantly affect our customers and businesses. We have processes in place – which we regularly review – to protect customers and ourselves ...

Responding to today’s announcement by Ofgem confirming details of the forthcoming default price cap, Energy UK’s chief executive Lawrence Slade said: “The price cap will present a significant challenge ...

A typical domestic household in the UK consumes 3,100KWh of electricity per year, which is 3,100,000Wh, but what does this mean and how does this much energy translate into the appliances and gadgets you ...

The Energy UK Health and Safety Conference was held on 15 November, bringing industry leaders in Health and Safety together with those on the ground to discuss key areas which impact the sector.  Maintaining ...

Energy suppliers take fraud and crime seriously and want to do what they can to help protect their customers. Energy suppliers will have approaches in place (and staff will be trained) to recognise and ...

Energy in the UK 2018 details the industry’s contribution to the UK economy, illustrates its contribution so far in moving the country towards a low carbon future and outlines the challenges ahead in transforming ...