Getting together
Meeting reports
October 2009 meeting discusses renewable financial incentives, DECC security of supply call for evidence and the CDCM consultation
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...
September 2009 meeting discusses Distribution Price Control Review 5, charging methodologies and Ofgem's 'retail remedies'
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'...
August 2009 meeting discusses the low carbon transition plan and market liquidity
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...
July 2009 meeting hears about system operator incentives and more probe remedies
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...
June 2009 meeting debates smart meters and feed-in tariffs
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...
May 2009 meeting debates Ofgem's price probe remedies
The latest meeting of the Energy Supplier Forum, held on 5 May, was well attended with guest speakers from Ofgem and DECC... read more of May 2009 meeting debates Ofgem's price probe remedies...
Early Easter meeting discusses feed-in tariffs
With Easter falling early in April the Energy Supplier Forum actually took place on 31 March 2009. Guest speaker, the Non-Fossil Purchasing Agency’s managing director Andrew Wood, joined the meeting to discuss feed-in tariffs. Andrew Wood set out some of the possible models for a feed-in tariff and the opportunities and threats to smaller suppliers that their introduction could have on the competitive market... read more of Early Easter meeting discusses feed-in tariffs...
March 2009 meeting includes two guest speakers
At the last forum meeting on 3 March we were fortunate enough to have two guest speakers. Anthony Belchambers (Futures and Options Association) provided details of the planned PTF power auction scheduled for launch later this summer. Mark Feather from Ofgem gave a presentation on the progress of the Code Governance Review and the proposed timetable for taking the project forward... read more of March 2009 meeting includes two guest speakers...
Adverse weather results in teleconference for this month's forum
The bad weather led to the February meeting being hosted by teleconference. Unfortunately we also had to postpone speakers from Elexon, to cover their business forecasts up to 2012, and Ofgem to discuss the code governance review. Mark Feather, the regulator’s lead on the code governance review, has agreed to attend our next meeting... read more of Adverse weather results in teleconference for this month's forum...
Ofgem represented as meeting discusses the price probe consultation
The last supplier forum meeting of the year was held on 17 December. The main business of the day was for members to discuss possible remedies following the Ofgem price probe consultation... read more of Ofgem represented as meeting discusses the price probe consultation...