Embedded Benefit Changes: A Call to Rethink the Issues

In our March blog “It’s TRIAD Jim, but not as we know it” we discussed Ofgem’s so-called “minded to” decision to reduce significantly TRIAD benefit payments to embedded generators. This Ofgem paper invited feedback from interested parties and one such response from Cornwall Energy highlighted read more…

Published on 15th May, 2017

What Do They Mean By A Smart Energy System?

“I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.”– Joan Rivers, Comedian In this month’s blog, we ask whether our electricity system is smart enough to adapt to the rapidly developing needs of the UK electricity market. However, we should start by asking read more…

Published on 11th April, 2017

Ofgem issues “minded to decision” document – “It’s TRIAD Jim, but not as we know it!”

With passing apologies to all Trekkies, there are various regulatory reviews currently underway with regard to the benefits currently payable to owners or operators of ’embedded’ generation assets. A generator is defined as ’embedded’ if it is below 100 MW capacity and is connected to read more…

Published on 10th March, 2017

Detaching Contract Notifications from Gate Closure – New Trading Options?

In November 2015 the system for setting the prices at which electricity buyers and sellers are “cashed out” due to imbalances between forecast and actual trading volumes was changed via a modification to the Balancing & Settlement Code (BSC) known as P305. This change had read more…

Published on 7th February, 2017

Squeezing out the value of embedded benefits for power generators

A key factor informing any investment decision in virtually every market sector is the presence of a stable and predictable legal and regulatory framework. This is especially true of the power sector, where the investment climate has been clouded by the major changes that come read more…

Published on 17th January, 2017

Power Play: Why smaller companies may struggle to win the generation game

Statistics clearly indicate that there is a booming investment in renewable onsite generation technologies. According to PWC, there was an estimated £27.7 billion investment in renewable electricity between 2010 and 2013. Furthermore, it projects this sector will attract a further £40 billion in investment in read more…

Published on 8th November, 2016

Can’t stop talking about my generation: Thirty years of power generation costs constantly falling in real terms

Last month’s blog gave you five compelling reasons why producing your own power is one of today’s hot topics. Let’s forego comment on the pros and cons of the recently announced green light for the Hinkley C nuclear project and address a fundamental underlying trend read more…

Published on 5th October, 2016

Talking about my generation: Five good reasons to plug into the power of onsite generation

In the immortal words of The Who, the iconic sixties rock band, there’s people ‘talking about my generation’. No, not my age group, but the onsite electrical power that British business is producing today. Why? Because suddenly producing your own power is a hot business read more…

Published on 9th September, 2016