Will The Government Make Customers Pay For Nuclear Power Plans? Lisa Waters, Director and economist at Waters Wye Associates Waters Wye Associates asks whether subsidy is on the agenda for the new breed of nuclear plants. EDF has announced that they are to reduce the workforce at their new nuclear power station development, Hinkley C. EDF […]
Predictions for the business energy market – Lisa Waters
Predictions for the business energy market – Lisa Waters Lisa Waters, economist and Director of Waters Wye Associates gives her predictions for the business energy market. Coming up is a big period for the wholesale electricity market with the government due to implement the finalised design of its new market reforms. The capacity mechanism and new […]
Is wasting energy really the best policy?
In the latest of our guest blogs, Peter Franklin, Director of energy consultancy Enstra Consulting tackles the efficiencies of energy generation. Is wasting energy really the best policy? 65% of the energy that goes into a typical gas or coal-powered power station is lost during the generation process. This isn’t just a waste of precious […]
What Is The Price Of Energy?
by Lisa Waters Economist Lisa Waters takes a look at the current state of the UK energy industry… There seems to be a rather odd row appearing where the energy experts try to outdo each other in telling us how bad things are getting on the energy security front. First we had out going energy […]
Heading for blackouts in 2015?
Guest Post by economist Lisa Waters of Waters Wye Associates Are we heading for a future of blackouts? It is being widely reported that energy regulator Ofgem is forecasting that the electricity system margin is getting very tight. Looking at the difference between the forecast peak demand and the available generation capacity (known as the plant […]
Rising energy prices threaten businesses
Rising energy prices could force 300,000 businesses to shut according to Business Juice’s Business Energy Barometer. 30% of businesses say that say that if energy prices continue to rise by 15% a year it will have catastrophic or very serious consequences, with 7% of these (equivalent to over 300,000 companies) saying that it could force […]
Cost of the Electricity Market Reform
How Will Charges be Passed On? The changes we need to make to the energy market are going to cost a lot of money, and customers will end up paying in one way or another. In this guest blog, economist Lisa Waters looks at the different ways this cost could make its way onto your bill. As […]