Energy news in general

oldagetraveller1

I wonder who controls "independent" NESO according to Companies House? Just saying.

gt94sss2

National Grid sold NESO to the government in September 2024 for £630m

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/13/uk-government-to-buy-electricity-system-operator-from-national-grid-for-630m

The_Groat_Counter

oldagetraveller1 said:

I wonder who controls "independent" NESO according to Companies House? Just saying.

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It's independent of suppliers, generators and now also fully independent (rather than just seperated by a 'Chinese wall') from National Grid, the electricity transmission network operator in England and Wales. It is a nationalised entity and so will be directed by government energy policy.

The_Groat_Counter

MattMattMattUK said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq52382zd1no

An interesting bit of info on where some of the issues come from with the comms hub, largely down to the two different networks. This also seems to tie in with more smart meters overall not connecting in the northern system and although this Panorama investigation does not go into it it also touches on the issue with the rollout being voluntary, vs a roll out street by street where issues could be identified and dealt with as each street, town, city and region was switched over on mass. It could also be solved somewhat by the idea of the universal comms hub, with both radio and mobile connections and even potentially the option to use the customers own broadband connection as it an option in some other countries. 

It's a good and informative article, the only issue I have is that it constantly refers to "3G" when what is really meant is the mobile network(s) as a whole, as the 3G technology is gradually being turned off and superceded by 4G and 5G (though 2G will continue for longer, not least as it is used by some smart meters in the 'south' region).

MattMattMattUK

The_Groat_Counter said:

MattMattMattUK said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq52382zd1no

An interesting bit of info on where some of the issues come from with the comms hub, largely down to the two different networks. This also seems to tie in with more smart meters overall not connecting in the northern system and although this Panorama investigation does not go into it it also touches on the issue with the rollout being voluntary, vs a roll out street by street where issues could be identified and dealt with as each street, town, city and region was switched over on mass. It could also be solved somewhat by the idea of the universal comms hub, with both radio and mobile connections and even potentially the option to use the customers own broadband connection as it an option in some other countries. 

It's a good and informative article, the only issue I have is that it constantly refers to "3G" when what is really meant is the mobile network(s) as a whole, as the 3G technology is gradually being turned off and superceded by 4G and 5G (though 2G will continue for longer, not least as it is used by some smart meters in the 'south' region).

I think that is quite common with slightly technical articles written by the ill informed, they are using 3G as shorthand for mobile. I think the plan longer term is to move the comms hub to a 4G/5G unit before the end of the decade, which should take over and mean that they are good through until at least 2040, though no one really knows. I think an integrated unit that supports Wifi/ethernet as an alternative backhaul would also make sense. I know GCHQ are not keen on allowing any user access to the hub, but there should be away to fully separate the two systems by running them on different SOCs and having a very limited connection between the two and I would guess that the incremental cost would be tiny. 

molerat

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2xdyexkdo

CI predict the Jan cap, which will be announced on Friday, will rise 1% from the current £1717 to £1736 and fall back in Apr and Oct.

Can't see any breakdown on the CI site yet.

mmmmikey

molerat said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2xdyexkdo

CI predict the Jan cap, which will be announced on Friday, will rise 1% from the current £1717 to £1736 and fall back in Apr and Oct.

Can't see any breakdown on the CI site yet.

I haven't read the article yet, but let me guess....

Are millions of pensioners going to die as a result of this bitter blow on top of the heartless government decision to stop paying them the winter fuel payment?

SJMALBA

molerat said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2xdyexkdo

CI predict the Jan cap, which will be announced on Friday, will rise 1% from the current £1717 to £1736 and fall back in Apr and Oct.

Can't see any breakdown on the CI site yet.

https://www.cornwall-insight.com/press-and-media/press-release/cornwall-insight-release-final-january-price-cap-forecast/

molerat

Looks like electric could be dropping slightly but gas increasing.

Scot_39

It's even at this stage difficult to say - their last before figure has been out by similar margin (c£20) recently - to the change they are predicting here - when Ofgem finally release the definitive pricing.

molerat said:

Looks like electric could be dropping slightly but gas increasing.

I don't see the electric rate saving.

Ofgem cap regional ave sr dd - 24.5p, CI 24.83p  = 1.35% inc
Gas Ofgem 6.24p , CI 6.33p = 1.44%