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Energy Market Analysis and Price Projections – October 2021
Extremely Volatile Markets The surge in global gas prices is showing no signs of abating, with Australian consultancy EnergyQuest describing the current energy crisis “the
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Rising Energy Prices.What’s behind the current surge? Where Now?
What’s behind the current surge in gas and electricity prices and how can you mitigate the worst effects? It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that
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The Climate Change Levy (CCL) is rising by 45% for Electricity and 67% for Gas in April 2019. Why?
What is the CRC? The Carbon reduction Commitment (CRC) is a scheme aimed at large energy users to encourage them to reduce energy consumption. Organisations
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A brief guide to DCP161 and excess capacity charges
April 2018 saw the introduction of new regulations that were approved by the UK government’s regulator for gas and electricity markets in the UK, Ofgem.
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The business benefits of electric vehicles
Back in 2013, only 3,500 of the vehicles registered that year were hybrid electric vehicles or plug-in, full electrically powered machines. At the end of 2017, the figure had increased almost 20-fold, sitting around 64,000 vehicles.
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Business guide to the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard
The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard came into force in April 2018, and new legal minimum levels of efficiency standards for energy management now apply to rented commercial buildings.
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The rise (and rise) of electricity charges
It won’t have been lost on many businesses that energy costs are accelerating once again. The question is why. With the Wholesale cost of Electricity comparable to previous years, why do my bills keep increasing?