Thursday, April 9, 2026

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...

It’s a fix for Network Costs

As the political parties were busy releasing manifestos and setting about their intended seduction of the populace, Ofgem published the long-awaited results of the...

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...

Free Money for Heat Networks, Improved data access for water retailers and Code changes...

The policy makers must have been in Bank Holiday mode last week as there’s only a few things to update you on; however for...

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...

CM’s back, Easier Exemptions and Everyone wants Net Zero

I do love watching a good game. The highs and the lows. The oh-so-nears and the nearly-thrown-aways. The cheering of the crowd as they...

Targeted Charges delay and help for Energy Managers

Scanned whilst home alone...  The last time I sat and put fingertips to keyboard, the world was a very different place. We worked in offices,...

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...

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...

£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...