27
Nov
27th Nov 2023
Events of last week caused me to look at the darker side of the decarbonisation debate.
20
Nov
20th Nov 2023
Last week I attended the East Coast Hydrogen Delivery Plan launch.
13
Nov
Dreams and reality, a follow up
13th Nov 2023
In my blog last week, I said my three priorities for UK energy policy would be energy efficiency, energy efficiency, and energy efficiency.
6
Nov
On what three carbon saving policies would you spend taxpayers’ money?
6th Nov 2023
Energy efficiency, energy efficiency, energy efficiency would be my answer.
30
Oct
Is the consumer really considered?
30th Oct 2023
I don’t think it is just me, but I fear the voice of the consumer is increasingly ignored as “inconvenient” when it com...
23
Oct
23rd Oct 2023
I’m sat watching the footie while I write this blog, thinking how I love punditry.
16
Oct
“Stop using facts in your argument Foster!”
16th Oct 2023
It won’t be long before this is actually said, perhaps not as starkly, but reluctantly.
9
Oct
Public sector first, comes at a cost but well worth the investment.
9th Oct 2023
Back in a former life, in 2007, I was proud that a new primary school building was opened in Redhill, Worcester.
2
Oct
2nd Oct 2023
Following the Prime Minister’s net zero reset, I had a discussion with a Whitehall government official about the arbitrary 600,000...
25
Sep
“A week is a long time in politics”
25th Sep 2023
I know it’s a well-used adage, but after the past few days, you’ll forgive me for using it.
18
Sep
The sheer scale of change is breath taking
18th Sep 2023
I’ve just come back from a few days in sunny Cornwall and while driving along those country lanes and passing through villages such...
11
Sep
11th Sep 2023
Over the weekend, Lord King (aka Mervyn King, the former Governor of the Bank of England) gave a long interview to one of the broadsheets...
4
Sep
Is our energy system run for consumers?
4th Sep 2023
I usually get into trouble when I pose such questions, but here goes.
21
Aug
14
Aug
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning”
14th Aug 2023
It’s a memorable quote from the movie masterpiece “Apocalypse Now”.
7
Aug
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
7th Aug 2023
The equivalent question for us to consider is what changed first, public opinion or Minister’s views?
31
Jul
Is it too early to say, “told you so”?
31st Jul 2023
Well who would have guessed a by-election in Boris Johnson’s old constituency would cause the current Prime Minister to signal a ro...
24
Jul
Have lockdown parties harmed Net Zero?
24th Jul 2023
I have been struck recently by evidence suggesting that our trust in the establishment has been harmed by the re-emergence of news surrou...
17
Jul
Has the Energy Secretary killed off Net Zero?
17th Jul 2023
Last week the Energy Secretary, Grant Shapps, attended the Press Lobby lunch.
10
Jul
10th Jul 2023
I was sent a two minute clip of Barack Obama extolling the virtues of people who get things done – those who deliver outcomes.
Mike Foster
EUA's Chief Executive