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by Janet Wood Ofgem has extended until the end of February the deadline for distribution network operators to submit forecast business plan questionnaires for the next five years, but has [...]

The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) is considering establishing consumer panels similar to those announced by energy regulator Ofgem last week. CCWater chair Dame Yve Buckland said: 'We applaud Ofgem [...]

EDF Energy and Scottish Power have been attacked by Ofgem for failing to reduce their prices to reflect the fall in the wholesale price of energy. Ofgem says that as […]

Industry and consumer groups have given Parliament mixed signals about the value and performance of Ofgem and Ofwat as sectoral regulators. Giving evidence to the Lords Select Committee on Regulators, [...]

Ofgem has signalled a tougher licence revocation regime in an open letter sent last week to energy suppliers, generators and gas shippers.The move was 'internal housekeeping', according to a spokesman [...]

Energy regulator Ofgem is failing to provide a strong enough framework to enable competition in connections to take off. At some point, every independent connections provider needs to interface with [...]

Energy regulator Ofgem has signalled the end of the UK part of its gas prices probe with the completion of its work on contracts and the flow of gas from [...]

On the 29 November, Ofgem published its final proposals for the electricity distribution price control review. This document draws together all the strands of the review conducted over the past [...]

by Roger Milne Energy regulator Ofgem last week made a determined bid to reassure the energy market that gas and power supplies could be maintained in a severe winter. The [...]

by Trevor Dooley Electricity distribution companies have accused energy regulator Ofgem of undermining future investment in networks despite the watchdog's recent concessions in its proposals for the next five-year price [...]

Ofgem has put out to consultation the criteria for judging which of its proposals are important enough to warrant a regulatory impact assessment. The watchdog is obliged under the Utilities [...]

Energy regulator Ofgem has agreed changes to the gas quality specifications of an important North Sea sub-terminal. The move affects gas coming into the ConocoPhillips sub-terminal at Theddlethorpe and required [...]

Competition in gas since 1996, and in electricity since 1998, has brought with it significant change to both the nature of household purchasing and to the structure of the energy [...]

Will it all end in tears? The great man muses thus after hearing about the bare-faced cheek of Coca-Cola, which is selling what is basically tap-water as bottled water, under [...]

Ofgem has not ruled out changes to the regime of long-term entry auctions of gas capacity but has promised that modifications to the rules would not undermine the value of [...]

The European Commission is to set up a European Regulators' Group to assist the further development of an internal market for gas and electricity. The group will consist of European [...]

UK Energy Regulator Ofgem has confirmed that two companies, TXU (UK) and Maverick Energy, both currently in administration, have failed to comply with the renewables obligation. Both have failed to [...]