March 2010’s meeting was well attended with representatives from every forum member present. We were lucky enough to have Andrew Wright and Kersti Berge from Ofgem as our visitors for this meeting... read more of March 2010 meeting discusses liquidity, Project Discovery and FiTs...
Another full agenda for February’s meeting. A long and in-depth discussion was had on the final proposals for the introduction of feed-in tariffs (FiTs)... read more of February 2010 meeting discusses feed-in tariffs, BSUoS and Project Discovery ...
The next meeting of the forum will be held on 10 February. For queries and comments, please contact us.The first meeting of the new decade was affected by the poor weather which meant only a handful of brave members were able to attend. Despite this there was a lot of material to go through since the previous meeting including the pre-Budget Report, the confirmation of smart metering policy (and the next stage to create an implementation plan), progression of the Energy Bill and significant changes to the Renewables Obligation to be implemented from April... read more of January 2010 meeting discusses Energy Bill, smart meters and changes to the Renewables Obligation...
The final meeting of the year was well attended, with external visitors including Simon Brook, chair of Distribution Charging Methodology Forum (DCMF), Malcolm Arthur from National Grid and representatives from Consumer Focus and the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG)... read more of December 2009 meeting discusses Energy Bill, CDCM and system operator incentives...
Another well attended meeting, which allowed members to discuss the impacts of the changes to distribution network charges as a result of the common distribution charging methodology (CDCM) and the fifth distribution price control review (DPCR5) work streams. Many have found it difficult to develop and understand the impacts on contract prices for their customers... read more of November 2009 meeting discusses DPCR5, CDCM, Project Discovery and new supplier licence conditions ...
A well attended meeting, which focussed on the significant difficulty smaller suppliers are faced with in terms of establishing distribution charges for their customers as a result of the Common Distribution Charging Methodology (CDCM) work ... read more of October 2009 meeting discusses renewable financial incentives, DECC security of supply call for evidence and the CDCM consultation...
Much of this month’s meeting was set aside to discuss the impacts of the fifth distribution price control review (DPCR) and the parallel common distribution charging methodologies (CDCM) project—both of which come into effect from April 2010... read more of September 2009 meeting discusses Distribution Price Control Review 5, charging methodologies and Ofgem's 'retail remedies'...
Following the publication of the Government’s low carbon transition plan much of the August Energy Supplier Forum meeting was taken up with discussions on the raft of proposed policies to move the economy towards the 2020 targets... read more of August 2009 meeting discusses the low carbon transition plan and market liquidity...
Despite being held on the last day of June this was in fact the forums' July meeting. The main topics for discussion were the ongoing common distribution charging methodology work and system operator incentives... read more of July 2009 meeting hears about system operator incentives and more probe remedies...
The agenda for the June meeting of the forum focussed on the recent DECC consultation on smart metering and the ongoing development of feed-in tariffs... read more of June 2009 meeting debates smart meters and feed-in tariffs...