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Utility Week 8th November 2013

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Top tweets Ecotricity @ecotricity We're getting about a new customer every minute at the moment #GreenBritain #DumpTheBig6 #OneGreenEveryMinute ^PS Jennifer Webber @jennifercwebber Yay. Nuclear (23.8%) and wind (17.6%) providing more power than coal (38.27%) at the minute. Put the washing on! Sarah Lonsdale @SarahJLonsdale~ I'm lucky to be in work and don't mind part of my #energybill providing insulation to poor. I DO mind part of it going to #big6 gross profits Tim Probert @TimProbert1m Have to say UK energy storage support is a bit rubbish. DECC allocates a £20m innovation fund but spends only £8.2m Scotia Gas Networks used a robot to repair a live gas main last month in a UK first. The Cisbot, developed by New York company ULC Pipeline Robotics, can carry out repairs while the gas is still flowing, so the pipe does not need to be taken out of service. NUCLeAr 20-35% The return on equity Liberum Capital says investors in Hinkley Point C can expect (see analysis, p21). £1.8bn Forecast value of dividends over the 35-year lifetime of the nuclear plant's CfD. "Customers are facing rising energy bills and we need to keep water bills down" Anne McIntosh, chair of the Efra select committee eNerGY Centrica's Laidlaw forgoes bonus Centrica chief executive Sam Laidlaw will give up his bonus this year, he announced at a CBI conference on Monday. He told business leaders bonuses were independently set, but "in this environment there is a case for leadership". His company, which owns British Gas, has come under fire for hiking prices by an average 9.2 per cent this winter, when many households are struggling. Laidlaw's decision will put pressure on other energy executives to follow suit. James Murray @James_BG Simplest idea from Chris Rapley at #gap20. Find a way to make CO2 a badsmelling and orange gas - we'd solve the problem tomorrow… Friends of the Earth @wwwfoecouk11m Excellent news: the @UKHouseofLords has voted to toughen up pollution controls on existing coal stations Bryony Worthington @bryworthington4m @wwwfoecouk @olliehayes if we can make it stick should make tougher 2030 intensity target much more likely John Browne @LordJohnBrowne18m The House of Lords took UK 1 step further towards low carbon future last night - voting to ensure old coal is phased out. The right result Jessica Lennard @JessicaLennard Lords defeat the Government by 44 votes on #EPS. Though pretty sure Peers told Gov't wouldnt weep for this one #energybill Leah Robson @Eco_Mum1 Nov My family of 4 in 3 bed semi pay £650 p.a. on bills. Friend in similar council house £3250. #Fightforwarmhomes #ecofunding is much needed. UtILItY WeeK | 8th - 14th November 2013 | 5

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