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Welcoming today’s Government announcement of £500m investment in green technologies, including electric vehicle charge points, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “Bringing down the ...

Energy suppliers continue to improve in providing accurate billing for millions of customers, according to Energy UK’s Billing Code audit results announced today. Established in 2006 by Energy UK, ...

Energy UK’s latest electricity switching figures, published today, reveal that over 520,000 (526,170) customers switched supplier last month, up 10% on July 2018. Over 3.5 million (3,573,240) customers ...

A useful video to explain the price cap.

Slade steps down as Energy UK Chief Executive Energy UK has today announced that Lawrence Slade will be stepping down as Chief Executive at the end of the year, after 9 years with Energy UK and its ...

Commenting on the Government's bid for Glasgow to host COP26, Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “Scotland, and the wider UK, is world-leading in the deployment of low carbon and ze ...

Responding to Ofgem’s latest price cap announcement, Energy UK’s Director of Policy Audrey Gallacher said:  “The vast majority of a typical energy bill is made up of costs that are outside of an ...

Responding to the BEIS consutlation published today on the proposed Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model for new nuclear power projects Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade, said: “Major low-carbo ...

Energy UK’s latest electricity switching figures, published today, reveal that over 440,000 (440,323) customers switched supplier last month, down 9% on June 2018. This brings the total number of ...

Responding to the new report, Future for All, from Citizens Advice Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade, said: “The future energy system will be very different from the one we have known an ...

Responding to the announcements from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles on chargepoints in new homes and flexible payment options Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade, said: "The announcemen ...

Responding to today's report on energy efficiency by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee, Energy UK’s chief executive Lawrence Slade said: "We have long called for ener ...

Responding to the Progress Report from the Committee on Climate Change, Lawrence Slade, chief executive of Energy UK, said: “Today’s progress report from the Committee on Climate Change recognises ...

Responding to the Government's launch of the Green Finance Strategy today, Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “With the net-zero target in place, attracting the billions of investme ...

As Ofgem continues consulting on its Targeted Charging Review (TCR), Energy UK Policy Manger Joseph Underwood explains why it matters and what changes might result. It’s not an aspect of the sector ...

... in our Future of Energy report and as the CBI recognises - only when backed up by policies and the long-term certainty that unleashes investment and innovation. With net-zero now enshrined in legislation, ...

Responding to the announcement of government funding for a number of Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) projects, Lawrence Slade (chief executive, Energy UK), said: “Carbon Capture Utilisation ...

Energy UK’s new electricity figures, published today, show that 487,231 customers switched supplier last month, slightly down (1.4%) compared to May 2018. Over 2.5 million (2,606,747) customers have ...

Responding to Citizens Advice's report on failed energy suppliers, Energy UK's Director of Policy, Audrey Gallacher said: “It’s essential to have this safety net for customers but at the moment it ...

Energy UK is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its first ever ‘Inclusion and Diversity in Energy’ conference, in partnership with Accenture, this autumn. The Conference, which is free to ...

The winners of the Young Energy Professionals (YEP) Awards 2019 were announced last night at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London St Paul’s. Now in its fifth year, the annual awards ceremony celebrates and ...

Responding to Ofgem’s draft Consumer Vulnerability Strategy, Lawrence Slade (chief executive, Energy UK), said: “We welcome the publication of Ofgem’s draft Consumer Vulnerability Strategy 2025 and ...

Responding to the Government's announcement that the UK is to set a legally binding target for net-zero emissions by 2050, Lawrence Slade, chief executive of Energy UK, said: “This exciting commitmen ...

Responding to the Government’s decision – announced today – that it will be carrying over some of its overachievement in the second Carbon Budget to the third Carbon Budget, Energy UK’s chief executive, ...

Last week, the government announced that both wind and solar would be allowed to compete as participating technologies in the Capacity Market (CM). Energy UK has long called for renewables to participate ...

Responding to the end of the first 'coal-free' fortnight record, Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade said:  “Record after record has been broken as the power sector continues to deliver world-leadi ...

Many staff and members of Energy UK will remember Lord Spicer as the man who chaired the new organisation from its formation in 2012 to the time when he handed over to Sir David Arculus in 2016. But far ...

Commenting on the final report published by the Commission for Customers in Vulnerable Circumstances today, Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “I am grateful to Lord Whitty and th ...

An independent report published today says urgent action is required by all energy companies, regulators and government as well as price comparison websites (PCWs) - with support from consumer groups and ...

... given the panel the job of identifying how the energy industry can improve the standards of care and support available to our customers when they need it.    First off, I must thank Lord Whitty and ...

A recent trip up to Glasgow turned out to be an ideal opportunity for Energy UK’s Director of Economics & Corporate Services, Sam Hollister and LCP’s Head of Market Insight, Kyle Martin (and until recently ...

Commenting on the Broadway Initiative's Assurances for an Environment Bill, which we contributed to and was launched by the IEMA today, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: "Energy  ...

On Tuesday 23 April 2019, we launched the Future of Energy report at our annual Parliamentary Reception at the House of Commons hosted by James Heappey MP. The event saw over 200 guests gather as we published ...

Energy UK’s latest electricity switching figures, published today, reveal that over 660,000 (668,371) customers moved to a new supplier last month, up by 34% on April 2018 and the highest number ever recorded. ...

Responding to the Labour Party news release announcing radical plans to install solar panels on two million homes and take the national grid into public ownership, Energy UK's chief executive, Lawrenc ...

Responding to the Daily Telegraph's article today on Labour's energy policy paper on renationalisation, Energy UK's chief executive Lawrence Slade said: “Private investment in energy - which is £12. ...

The latest results of Energy UK’s Safety Net Audit, show that all of the participating suppliers achieved the highest standard possible - and for the second year running.  The Energy UK Safety Net, ...

Responding to today’s Committee on Climate Change ‘net-zero’ report, Lawrence Slade, Energy UK’s chief executive, said: We firmly support the recommendations made by the Committee on Climate Change ...

Responding to Ofgem’s energy switching compensation rules announcement, an Energy UK spokesperson said: “More and more customers are switching supplier every year to find the best deal and save money ...

Responding to today's BEIS Select Committee report into carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS), Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said:   "As our Future of Energy report published yesterd ...

Written exclusively for Utility Week and published here. As you’ll see elsewhere in Utility Week, Energy UK has published its Future of Energy report. The report has been long planned, being the ...

Energy UK today publishes its Future of Energy report, setting out a way forward for the sector to deliver better for its customers as advances in technology and the vital need to decarbonise our economy ...

As we prepare to publish our Future of Energy report, it seems an apt time to look back at some of the key milestones in the industry’s evolution that took us to where we are today. Back in 1882, the ...

Energy UK’s latest monthly figures, published today, show that over 600,000 customers switched electricity supplier in March 2019. In total, 615,503 customers changed provider last month - a significant ...

Ofgem announced today the introduction of tougher entry tests for energy suppliers,  Energy UK issued the below statement in response. Lawrence Slade, Chief executive of Energy UK, said: “We ...

On 28th March, we held our breakfast briefing which brought together a panel of experts to discuss: “Brexit: what’s next for energy and climate”.  The event proved to be a timely opportunity to take stock ...

Commenting on the provisional UK greenhouse gas emissions for 2018 statistics published by BEIS today, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: "These figures show how the energy sector ha ...

Following EU's response to PM's delay request, Energy UK's chief executive Lawrence Slade said: “Energy UK and its members continue to strongly believe that a deal with a transition period, allow ...