Ofgem moves forward on competition
Ofgem has confirmed it plans to open “new, separable and high-value onshore electricity transmission assets” valued at more than £100 million to competitive tender.
Ofgem has confirmed it plans to open “new, separable and high-value onshore electricity transmission assets” valued at more than £100 million to competitive tender.
To many consumers, energy networks are often just “the grid” – or even “the electricity (or gas) board”.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has extended until 5 August its deadline for responses to a suite of proposed remedies intended to sharpen competition in the industry.
In a key consultation on future contract Ofgem has sought views on how it should identify “high-value, separable assets” to be constricted in the transmission network that can be opened for competitive tendering.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into the energy market has swung partly away from examining the issues of wholesale markets and whether vertically integrated companies too much market power, to examine customer issues mor