Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Much ado about energy manifestos

As we gear up towards the general election, we here at ICON had a look at the parties’ energy manifestos. I’m looking at the manifestos...

Green Gas Levy and public flex registers

Officially in our fifth week of lockdown and the novelty is, if we're honest, starting to wear off. We’ve started to not only accept but...

Money for Industry and your MEES gets higher

Firstly, I need to apologise for the lack of a policy report last week. This week’s issue mops up all the outstanding updates but...

Facilitating energy efficiency, a coal-free Capacity Market and EV chargepoints by law

So Boris completes his ascendancy and takes the keys to Number 10 as business (and government) prepares for what the new leadership might bring. Government...

Sing it out for decarbonising heat and transport

Scanned whilst entertaining myself with quarantine karaoke...  It was partway through a private parody rendition of Eminem’s “Without Me” that I realised there’s a small...

Rebecca Gaskill predicts the budget

AS we approach some key dates in the British politics, ICON's Policy and Business Impacts Analyst Rebecca Gaskill shares her thoughts on the upcoming...

£30million for Scottish heat fund, water code change and power prices rose by 7%

So Boris closed the Conservative Party conference in his typically rambunctious style and, despite continued resistance from across the Irish Sea, is insistent that...

Inquiry into Govt Emissions Ambitions, Energy Performance data goes public and Excise Duty on...

Following the commitment in law to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, the focus now shifts onto how this will be achieved. The Environmental Audit Committee...

Green Finance Plan heralds changes to energy ratings, Ofwat seeks changes to Welsh contestable...

The ratification of the Draft “Net Zero” legislation last week means the UK is now officially the first major global economy to commit to...

RO admin costs up 25%; support for steel and GAs AMR

Against a background of Brexit bewilderment, the one thing British business needs is a bit of certainty regards our future. Well, I can’t offer political...