Senior Consultant at Cornwall Insight - focus on all things energy and regulatory - but personal account and all opinions etc. my own.
Joined July 2015
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Hydrogen vs electrification - a thread/rant (note before we start all views my own, don't sue etc.). Given there have been a lot of media and industry stories on H2 vs electrification and some heated responses to these I thought I'd weigh in as well + add more H2 to the fire 1/X
And so therefore will need to be the effort to reassure, engage, convince and educate customers 4d/X
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Energy storage – not a competition, batteries for short term flex, H2 if we ever want long term seasonal storage NEXT! 6/X
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Having established all of that, so what? Well first of all, devotees on both sides need to admit that we will need and see both fuels developed and funded in future. This means cooperating and hopefully presenting a unified front to the public/ policy makers/ investors etc. 8/X
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I'm going to keep banging on about the importance (and difficultly of) decarbonising heat. Unlike generation and transport where we seem to have a pretty clear 'winner' heat looks like its going to need a range of solution - and heat networks will be a critical part of that.
Our colleagues at @HeatTrustUK have teamed up with @CornwallInsight to deliver a webinar on heat networks covering their role achieving net zero, heating technologies and the current barriers and policy frameworks. For more: cornwall-insight.com/trainin…
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CMA proposing to rule against Ofwat over its lower cost of capital - depending on your side bodes poorly for Ofgem's significant proposed reductions assets.publishing.service.go…
Ofgem is proposing some fairly stonking changes to microbusiness supply and TPI regs - including a requirement on suppliers to police their TPIs, requirements over commission fees for bills, and requiring TPIs (via suppliers) to sign up to ADR schemes... ofgem.gov.uk/publications-an…
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And suppliers will have to police their TPIs around conduct on their behalf - which given the often limited relationships in place and fact that TPIs work with a lot of different suppliers will probably be a struggle for suppliers to deliver and Ofgem to enforce.