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 ...

The energy sector is a big contributor to the UK economy and invest in low carbon technologies to optimise the system. Investment in the energy sector is a necessity to continue the progression towards ...

Emissions from the transport sector are largely unchanged from 1990 levels, which, combined with the fact that emissions from energy supply have been cut by 65 per cent since 1990, has resulted in transport ...

Energy suppliers continue working with their customers, local authorities, social housing providers, charities and other interested third parties, to help insulate and heat their homes across Great Britain. ...

Latest electricity figures from Energy UK, published today, show that over half a million (547,660) customers moved to a new supplier in September - the highest number of switches in a month so far in ...

Energy UK continues its leadership in the low carbon transport arena by driving forwards the development of standards for smart charging in a position paper and consultation document on Acceptable Standards ...

... Energy UK, the Decarbonisation of Heat Working Group was established to work with Government in the development of a comprehensive strategy for the decarbonisation of heat. The group is establishing positions ...

The New Energy Services and Heat (NESH) Committee’s work has continued to put Energy UK at the forefront of policy development on low carbon transport, low carbon heat and smart systems & flexibility.  ...

...  would bring: More efficient transmission of electricity Faster restoration of electricity after power disturbances Reduction in peak demand Better integration of renewable energy generatio ...

Renewable technologies use natural energy to make electricity. Fuel sources include wind, wave, marine, hydro, biomass and solar. It is also made using sources of natural energy that are quickly replaced, ...

... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80% from 1990 levels by 2050. BEIS reported that as of 2016, the energy supply sector was responsible for 25% of total GHG emissions in the UK. While fossil ...

... more time and resource from the Power Team at Energy UK. Although 2018 seems to have created more uncertainty for the sector, I’m optimistic that next year will start to set out the future direction for ...

Over 250,000 people switch energy company or tariff every month. Energy companies want to make the switching process as simple and hassle-free as possible, which is why they have recently launched the ...

Energy UK plays a leading role in the development of industry best practice in the areas of debt and disconnections. Energy suppliers recognise that vulnerable customers need to be protected from disconnection. ...

Energy suppliers work closely with Government and stakeholders to offer consumers opportunities to be more energy efficient. Energy efficiency is essential to help consumers reduce their energy consumption ...

Smart metering will change our energy industry for the better, that's why Energy UK is leading a number of projects to support the upgrade to smart meters. Our work so far has included: Joining wit ...

Rules of engagement: putting customers at the heart of communications In Summer 2017, Ofgem commissioned Energy UK to undertake some work on customer communications. This was to help inform a wider ...

From the introduction of the safeguard tariff to the Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act 2018, discussion of price caps has dominated the retail energy market in 2018. As a result, 2018 was ...

... relationship in which we called for an Energy and Climate Chapter to be included in the future agreement to ensure the smooth functioning of energy markets, the continued free flow of energy, and cooperation ...

With digitalisation driving possibilities for new services and efficiencies, it is important to consider what consumers want from the future energy market, the subject of the panel I chaired at Energy ...

Read our blogs on smart meters, decarbonisation of heat, Brexit and more.

Find out about the Future of Energy, our commitment to helping vulnerable customers and how energy is changing with the help of innovation and technology.   ...

Find out about our media team, headed by our Director of External Affairs, Abbie Sampson. Contact them at press@energy-uk.org.uk or call 020 7747 2959. Rory Taylor, Chief Press Officer Rory ...

If you are a journalist or you have a media enquiry, get in touch. Tel: 020 7747 2959 Email: press@energy-uk.org.uk  ...

Responding to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s report “Electric vehicles: driving the transition”, Energy UK’s chief executive Lawrence Slade said: "We firmly support the Committee’ ...

Responding to Aurora Energy Research's report, Energy UK's chief executive Lawrence Slade said:   “With the performance of electric vehicles improving – and their costs falling – it will be essenti ...

Commenting on Eurelectric’s letter to the Prime Minister and Michel Barnier today, Energy UK’s chief executive, Lawrence Slade said: “We support the letter sent by Eurelectric today to Theresa May ...

Highlights of some of the positive initiatives by the energy industry in several areas, including investment, diversity and inclusion and support for vulnerable customers.  ...