Trade body urges government to act now to avoid a national crisis

The ECA urges for a reform in the energy levy framework

Emma Pinchbeck appointed as new head of Energy UK

She will join the trade body in July 2020 from RenewableUK, where she served as deputy head from 2016

Former Centrica executive to head Water UK

Christine McGourty will join the trade body on 16th December 2019

Energy UK chief Lawrence Slade to step down

He joined the organisation in 2011 and has been heading it since January 2015

Energy Vendors Association gets momentum

EVA aims to raise standards across the energy sector for both brokers and suppliers

UK to meet 2020 renewables target

The UK is on track to meet its first interim target of generating 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. DECC has just published the UK Renewable Energy Roadmap Update, which suggested the Government is confident that 30% of the UK’s electricity will come from renewables by the end of the decade, with wind […]

Horizon deal a ‘vote of confidence’ in UK’s energy future

Hitachi’s bid for the Horizon nuclear project is a “vote of confidence” in the UK’s energy future. That’s the view of the energy industry’s trade body, whose comment follows the deal made by the Japanese giant and its plans to build two to three 1300MW nuclear plants at each of Horizon’s sites in the UK. […]

Energy UK refutes allegations by Which?

A trade body for the gas and electricity sector has refuted allegations that power suppliers are “unaffected” by the competitive pressure of energy price and customer service. Energy UK hit back at the claims made by Which? today in an open letter to the Prime Minister, which has called the Government to launch an independent […]

Energy trade body appoints first female council member

An energy trade body has elected its first female council member in its 30-year history. Lisa Gingell has now joined the Energy Services & Technology Association’s (ESTA) council of 18 members as the chair of the events committee. Also the co-founder of t-mac Technologies, an energy management solutions company, Mrs Gingell will be using her […]

Government must ‘step up’ and address Energy Bill issues

UK trade bodies said the Government needs to “step up” and address the issues of the Energy Bill highlighted by the Energy and Climate Change Committee. The comment was made by the Renewable Energy Association (REA) and RenewableUK as they welcomed the Committee’s report following its pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill proposed by the Government […]