Weekly column by EUA's Chief Executive

• 27

  Nov

  A look at the dark side

  27th Nov 2023

  

  Events of last week caused me to look at the darker side of the decarbonisation debate.

• 20

  Nov

  The brick spoke volumes

  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

  Pundit or manager?

  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

  Who decides what is “better”?

  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

  Listen to ‘The Guv’nor’

  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

  My imaginary interview with the Prime Minister

  21st Aug 2023

  

  MF: Good morning Prime Minister

• 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

  In the arena

  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.

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