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utILIty WeeK | 19th - 25th February 2016 | 5 Dong Energy has announced plans to finance, build and operate a world-first bio-plant in Cheshire for handling unsorted household waste. It will be the first commercial full-scale plant to be built and would allow a much larger proportion of uK household waste to be recycled and converted into biogas energy. the plant will use new technology developed by Dong which has been tested at a demonstration plant in Copenhagen since 2009. Door open to small projects and tidal Ministers are considering a new form of subsidy for small-scale and tidal projects, according to a senior civil servant at Decc. At a recent renewable conference in London, Decc director of clean electricity Michael Rutter said the department had held a series of meetings to discuss how a so-called subsidy-free CfD (which would provide limited support) might work for small-scale projects and tidal power. eLeCtrICIty 414 Number of united utilities staff who went on strike on 19 February, in an ongoing pensions dispute "We just don't know" Shadow energy minister Alan Whitehead complains about the uncertainty surrounding the government's plans for carbon capture and storage after its last-minute decision in November to axe a £1 billion competition for CCS pilot projects. Business supplier Haven Power said it wel- comed "any aspect" of a mid-point review for network transmission that would "improve predictability" of tariffs. It said the eight-year price control period had failed to improve the stability of transmission network use of system charges, pointing to the "sizeable jumps" year on year and the "apparent inability on the part of National Grid to provide a consistent and reliable forecast of [these] tariffs as little as one year ahead". It said this le suppliers with the choice of either building a premium into prices to cover this volatility or risk tariffs becoming loss-making, "neither of which approach is sustainable". Transmission cost volatility 'unsustainable', says Haven Transmission network use of system tariff forecast movement under RIIO-T1 Dee Valley Water names new CCG chair Dee Valley Water has appointed Clare evans as independent chair of its Customer Challenge Group (CCG), succeeding Diane McCrea, who left the panel last month. evan's appointment will run from February 2016 and continue through the company's delivery of its 2015-20 business plan. She said her appointment came "at a time of continuing change and challenge in the water industry". PEoPlE MovEs Source: Haven Power Publication date 140% 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% -20% -40% -60% -80% Movement (%) Feb 13 Apr 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Half-hourly Non-half-hourly Dec 15 (draft) Nov 13 Dec 13 (draft) Jan 13 (final) Feb 14 Apr 1 Jul 14 Oct 14 Dec 14 (draft) Jan 15 (final) Mar 13 Jul 15 Nov 15