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138,000
Scottish Electric Power
Distribution customers
were reconnected within
24 hours of storm Katie.
No:
Decc ruled out opening
onshore distribution assets
to competitive tendering in the
current price control period.
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Unquestionable
need
Network
representatives
told Ofgem that
the imperative for
continuing funding for
network innovation
is 'unquestionable'.
The regulator is
undertaking a
planned review of its
innovation funding
mechanisms.
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"WE'RE NOT SO SURE
HAVING A BRAND
NEW LICENCE WRIT-
TEN IN PRIMARY
LEGISLATION THAT
WILL TAKE MANY
YEARS TO DO IS A
PANACEA TO THE
PROBLEMS STORAGE
DEVELOPERS SEE."
DAVID CAPPER, HEAD OF
FUTURE NETWORKS, DECC,
SPEAKING AT UTILITY
WEEK'S FUTURE NETWORKS
CONFERENCE
MORE ON STORAGE, P18
"It would be a
travesty not to
use this existing
infrastructure…"
SEE ENERGY AND UTILITY
ALLIANCE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
MIKE FOSTER'S COLUMN AT
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Jonathan Brearley, the architect
of electricity market reform,
has been named senior
partner for networks
at Ofgem.
£54m
National Grid Gas
Transmission's spend on
data centres in the current
RIIO period.
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"There's no investment
framework for heat
networks."
TIM ROTHERAY, CHIEF
EXECUTIVE, ASSOCIATION FOR
DECENTRALISED
ENERGY, SPEAKING
AT UTILITY WEEK'S
FUTURE OF HEAT
ROUND TABLE
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