Weekly column by EUA's Chief Executive
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18
Feb
They talk the talk, will they walk the walk?
18th Feb 2019
There’s a great phrase, it’s meant to flush out BS and get to the facts – “put your money where your mouth is&rdq...
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11
Feb
“The voters are never wrong”, policymakers take note
11th Feb 2019
It’s an old adage, and despite what you might think about their choice, politicians only perish when they think the voters are wron...
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4
Feb
Last week was cold, glad boilers are keeping us warm.
4th Feb 2019
OK, it wasn’t a Polar Vortex, more a typical cold snap to be expected when you live in the northern part of the hemisphere, but the...
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28
Jan
Low hanging fruit isn’t always good to pick, just ask Adam and Eve.
28th Jan 2019
I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard energy “experts” glibly speak of low hanging fruit regarding decarbonisat...
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21
Jan
Our industry offers great career opportunities
21st Jan 2019
A politician once declared his three priorities to be “education, education, education”, how right he was then and how right...
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14
Jan
Fuel poverty is a moving target, Ofgem please take note.
14th Jan 2019
It’s not often I take a pop at the regulator, Ofgem, but this week I will do.
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8
Jan
My prediction for 2019 – smart meter issues will come to a head.
8th Jan 2019
Firstly, Happy New Year and I hope you all had a good festive break. For those who kept the gas flowing, the lights on and worked through...
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10
Dec
Blue or green, it’s time to be colour blind
10th Dec 2018
Like a large proportion of the male population I have a degree of colour blindness – not the bold primary colours but the more subt...
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3
Dec
“It’s official, gas boilers save you money – ‘loadsamoney’”
3rd Dec 2018
Firstly a given, energy efficiency, using fewer units to deliver the same outputs is good for consumers. It’s good for the environm...
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26
Nov
Fuel poverty up yet gas is cheaper the more you use.
26th Nov 2018
I’m going to pose the industry a question, not sure of the answer I’ll get and I’m doing so at the risk of causing some...
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19
Nov
“To nationalise or not to nationalise, for some that is the question”. But what about the consumer?
19th Nov 2018
I attended a very interesting lecture last week entitled “Beyond nationalisation and privatisation to the democratic public enterpr...
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12
Nov
12th Nov 2018
Not that long ago, gas was going to be phased out and the energy trilemma was giving Ministers a headache. Once again last week, we saw h...
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5
Nov
Gas vehicles, now we’re motoring
5th Nov 2018
I’m going to let you into a secret, I watched the Budget live. But that’s not the secret. As soon as the Chancellor sits down...
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29
Oct
Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
29th Oct 2018
I caught up with a senior industry figure this week, and while putting the world right, we found agreement on our desire to see global so...
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22
Oct
“Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions”
22nd Oct 2018
Ministers are currently considering the responses to the consultation to end house coal sales. Coal is carbon intensive and contributes t...
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15
Oct
The real cost of electrifying heat- look at the big picture
15th Oct 2018
You may recall that a couple of weeks ago I took offence to the heat policy paper produced by Friends of the Earth (we also had a bit of...
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8
Oct
Four hundred year-old “Table Talk”.
8th Oct 2018
Government advisors do just that, give advice. They don’t make the law; they aren’t always right (however well-meaning they a...
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1
Oct
Don’t worry about ordinary people and their lives.
1st Oct 2018
There’s at least one reader of this blog who refers in jest (I hope) to it as my “rant”. I usually try not to go off on...
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24
Sep
Time for some to wake up to gas
24th Sep 2018
I’ve been catching up with some research outcomes from UKERC recently and a study into the winter peak demand (2017/18) caught my e...
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17
Sep
“It’s the whole system, stupid”
17th Sep 2018
The legend surrounding Bill Clinton’s Presidential victory in 1992 centred round the famed war-room, with the bold statement posted...
Mike Foster
EUA's Chief Executive
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