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9 May 22
Liverpool City Council is set to pay a further £4.5m for its electricity this year, after delays meant it failed to agree a contract before its supplier suspended commercial services.
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28 Apr 22
Public bodies could face pressure from growing direct costs alongside impacts from inflated prices for third party suppliers, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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20 Apr 22
Domestic energy firms have urged the government to provide up to £1,000 extra support to UK households to help ballooning bills this year.
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29 Mar 22
Guidance released today advises public bodies to exit contracts with Russian suppliers, but PF has learnt that local authorities might have to wait until after Easter until they get legal powers to...
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22 Mar 22
A London borough has replaced Russian firm Gazprom as its energy supplier for 2022-23, despite facing higher charges.
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15 Mar 22
Councils in England have urged the government to consider removing licences for energy providers linked to help them exit contracts, PF understands.
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15 Mar 22
Leeds City Council's energy bill is set to soar by almost 40% in 2022-23, due to market volatility, it has emerged.
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3 Mar 22
At least 12 UK public bodies – including eight local authorities – have major active energy supply contracts with Russian energy company Gazprom as the sole supplier, PF research...
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3 Aug 20
External auditor Grant Thornton has raised concerns over the governance of Nottingham City Council’s wholly-owned energy company Robin Hood Energy.
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17 Feb 20
More than 10% of the NHS estate is to switch to renewable electricity sources, it has been announced.
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11 Feb 20
The government has promised an ‘electric vehicle revolution’ by 2040 to tackle the climate emergency, but building an infrastructure to support this may be easier said than done, PJ White reports.
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21 Jan 20
The government will no longer use foreign aid to fund the global coal industry, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced.
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16 May 18
The government’s £23bn low-carbon heating initiative has failed to meet objectives or provide value for money, a cross-party group of MPs said today.
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24 Apr 18
Councils in Britain have been urged to look beyond major energy firms as it is revealed they are paying more than £863m a year on energy bills.
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12 Apr 18
The Scottish Government has been warned that its ambition of creating a state-owned energy supplier is fraught with economic problems.
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4 Oct 17
The Scottish Government has imposed what amounts to a total ban on fracking, a decision that puts it at odds both with UK energy policy and the owners of Scotland’s biggest industrial complex.
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16 Dec 16
The infrastructure investment fund set up by Greater Manchester Pension Fund and the London Pension Fund Authority has expanded to include the funds that make up the proposed Northern Pool of LGPS...
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29 Jul 16
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has announced a fresh government review of the project to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, postponing the signing of contracts that was set to...
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13 Aug 15
Ministers could take the power to decide on fracking applications away from local authorities that do not make decisions on developments within 16 weeks, it has been announced.
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23 Jul 15
Energy secretary Amber Rudd is to end to government funding for the Green Deal Finance Company in order to protect taxpayers from both low take up of home improvements and concerns over industry...
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21 Jun 15
The UK Green Investment Bank aims to make a healthy profit for the taxpayer by ploughing £3.8bn of public money into renewable energy, as chief executive Shaun Kingsbury explains
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18 Jun 15
Energy secretary Amber Rudd has announced the government will close the subsidy scheme for onshore wind farms from next April, one year earlier than planned.
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29 May 15
Responsibility for fuel poverty should be devolved to councils, who could better coordinate existing schemes, Citizens Advice has suggested.
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19 Feb 14
Investment in community energy has great potential. But the government's strategy needs to be fine-tuned to ensure the wider public, not just the big six utility companies, reap the benefit
9 May 22Liverpool City Council is set to pay a further £4.5m for its electricity this year, after delays meant it failed to agree a contract before its supplier suspended commercial services.
28 Apr 22Public bodies could face pressure from growing direct costs alongside impacts from inflated prices for third party suppliers, according to the Office for National Statistics.
20 Apr 22Domestic energy firms have urged the government to provide up to £1,000 extra support to UK households to help ballooning bills this year.
22 Mar 22A London borough has replaced Russian firm Gazprom as its energy supplier for 2022-23, despite facing higher charges.
15 Mar 22Councils in England have urged the government to consider removing licences for energy providers linked to help them exit contracts, PF understands.
15 Mar 22Leeds City Council's energy bill is set to soar by almost 40% in 2022-23, due to market volatility, it has emerged.
3 Aug 20External auditor Grant Thornton has raised concerns over the governance of Nottingham City Council’s wholly-owned energy company Robin Hood Energy.
17 Feb 20More than 10% of the NHS estate is to switch to renewable electricity sources, it has been announced.
11 Feb 20The government has promised an ‘electric vehicle revolution’ by 2040 to tackle the climate emergency, but building an infrastructure to support this may be easier said than done, PJ White reports.
21 Jan 20The government will no longer use foreign aid to fund the global coal industry, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced.
16 May 18The government’s £23bn low-carbon heating initiative has failed to meet objectives or provide value for money, a cross-party group of MPs said today.
24 Apr 18Councils in Britain have been urged to look beyond major energy firms as it is revealed they are paying more than £863m a year on energy bills.
12 Apr 18The Scottish Government has been warned that its ambition of creating a state-owned energy supplier is fraught with economic problems.
4 Oct 17The Scottish Government has imposed what amounts to a total ban on fracking, a decision that puts it at odds both with UK energy policy and the owners of Scotland’s biggest industrial complex.
16 Dec 16The infrastructure investment fund set up by Greater Manchester Pension Fund and the London Pension Fund Authority has expanded to include the funds that make up the proposed Northern Pool of LGPS...
29 Jul 16Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has announced a fresh government review of the project to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, postponing the signing of contracts that was set to...
23 Jul 15Energy secretary Amber Rudd is to end to government funding for the Green Deal Finance Company in order to protect taxpayers from both low take up of home improvements and concerns over industry...
21 Jun 15The UK Green Investment Bank aims to make a healthy profit for the taxpayer by ploughing £3.8bn of public money into renewable energy, as chief executive Shaun Kingsbury explains
29 May 15Responsibility for fuel poverty should be devolved to councils, who could better coordinate existing schemes, Citizens Advice has suggested.
19 Feb 14Investment in community energy has great potential. But the government's strategy needs to be fine-tuned to ensure the wider public, not just the big six utility companies, reap the benefit
