ELCC 2017: What did people think?

  Around 300 delegates attended the Energy Live Consultancy Conference (ELCC) in Manchester last week. Based in the Etihad Stadium, the conference catered to energy brokers and consultants from across the industry. There were wide ranging discussions of the most pressing issues facing the sector, including water market deregulation, the relationship between suppliers and third party intermediaries (TPIs) and the increasing […]

Full panel discussion at ELCC

  Watch the full panel debate from our Energy Live Consultancy Conference, where we discuss the opening of the water market, Brexit and if the CMA report has changed the market at all.

Too much water regulation could be barrier to entry

Too much regulation in the retail water market could act as a barrier to entry when it opens. That’s according to Tony McHardy, Corporate Director of Water Plus, who spoke to ELN at the Energy Live Consultancy Conference (ELCC) in Manchester last week. However, when asked whether he thought the market was ready to open, he said: “I […]

‘Suppliers and consultants need not compete’

There is no need for energy suppliers and consultants to have to compete with each other. That’s according to Jacqui Hall, Managing Director of independent gas supplier CNG, who spoke to ELN at our Energy Live Consultancy Conference (ELCC) in Manchester last week. She said: “Consultants are too important to us to step on each […]

Water deregulation to cause influx of new players

The opening of the water market on the 1st of April will see the sector boosted by an influx of new players. That’s according to Dan Mason, Principal at Ofwat, who spoke to ELN at our Energy Live Consultancy Conference in Manchester last week. He said Ofwat has already granted 49 new operator licences to more than 25 retailers and suggested […]

ELCC 2017 Highlights

The Energy Live Consultancy Conference (ELCC) in Manchester today hosted a panel debate of expert speakers and seminar streams of leading figures from across the energy industry. The event was packed with content and allowed TPIs and energy suppliers to share their expertise, network and discuss how important events in the energy sector will shape […]