18
Mar
18th Mar 2024
These words are immortalised in the film Apollo 13, based on the true story of that mission and have been used ever since to warn of impe...
11
Mar
Industry and hydrogen, use it or lose it
11th Mar 2024
Last week I mentioned being disappointed at the outcome of a recent APPG meeting in Westminster.
4
Mar
Let’s be thankful for small mercies
4th Mar 2024
There’s a school of thought, which has some merit, that the priority sectors for using hydrogen should be energy intensive industry...
26
Feb
The net zero sums are now starting to add up
26th Feb 2024
Unnoticed by many, the House of Lords was told by the former chief economist to the IMF that there was a “substantial fiscal cost t...
19
Feb
A race we can’t afford to win?
19th Feb 2024
I can only imagine what it must be like to stand on top of a podium, draped in the Union Flag, national anthem playing as my Olympic gold...
12
Feb
It’s the end of the world as we know it
12th Feb 2024
My first proper job was working in a large office with, it’s fair to say, some seasoned staff.
5
Feb
Do politicians know the value of gas networks?
5th Feb 2024
Two different events last week brought home some stark truths about the gas industry and gas networks in particular.
29
Jan
29th Jan 2024
A major weakness in the current policy towards heat decarbonisation was exposed last week
22
Jan
Energy standing charges, a penalty for prudence?
22nd Jan 2024
Last Friday was the closing day for the Ofgem consultation on energy bill standing charges. My instinct is that the majority of responden...
15
Jan
It’s what everyone is talking about, let’s learn from it
15th Jan 2024
Sorry to appear to be jumping on the bandwagon, but if you haven’t seen the TV drama “Mr Bates v The Post Office”, then...
8
Jan
Happy New Year – my predictions for 2024
8th Jan 2024
Firstly, Happy New Year to you all. I hope you managed to get a break from work over the Christmas period and you are all feeling revived...
18
Dec
Euphoria or relief, it’s Christmas!
18th Dec 2023
I’m writing my blog from a train leaving London having given evidence to the ESNZ Select Committee.
11
Dec
Reward prudent consumers with a transparent pricing policy
11th Dec 2023
After lobbying for change, very publicly on his TV show, it seems Martin Lewis has at least succeeded in getting the energy regulator to...
4
Dec
Thanks to our gas network, the lights stayed on in Europe
4th Dec 2023
In 1914, at the outbreak of war, the British Foreign Secretary said that ‘the lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see...
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.
Mike Foster
EUA's Chief Executive