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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215023322 Total Pages :42 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (233 download)
Book Synopsis Ofgem by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Download or read book Ofgem written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 2.25 million households in the UK are classified as being in fuel poverty, spending more than 10 per cent of their income on energy to heat their homes. Some consumers get into debt, often through inaccurate estimated bills, and they are then required to use pre-payment meters, even though this is the most expensive way of purchasing energy. Ofgems encouragement of suppliers to recover the cost of installing and using pre-payment meters is found to be inconsistent with its obligations towards vulnerable consumers (in contrast, Ofgem protects rural consumers from paying the higher costs of delivering energy to their homes). The Committee concludes that suppliers should provide accurate bills, should not discriminate against pre-payment meter consumers, and should provide more information to them about the disadvantages of those meters. On the energy efficiency commitment (administered by Ofgem), requiring energy suppliers to meet specific energy saving targets, the Committee queries whether the provision of measures such as cavity wall insulation and low-energy lightbulbs, do actually deliver the energy reduction intended. Ofgem, with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the energy suppliers, should undertake a national campaign to encourage energy efficiency. Clearer explanation of the environmental measures to save energy, and their costs to consumers, is recommended.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215560872 Total Pages :146 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (68 download)
Book Synopsis Ofgem's retail market review by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee
Download or read book Ofgem's retail market review written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Energy and Climate Change Committee believes that energy companies found to have mis-sold electricity and gas deals should pay compensation to consumers. The Committee is concerned that customers may be pressured into switching supplier on the door-step without proper consideration of the options when confronted with a vast array of complex tariffs and a hard sell. Figures from Ofgem suggest that up to 40% of consumers who switch do not end up with a better deal. The report also raises concerns about the propensity for energy prices to 'rise like a rocket and fall like a feather', the growing complexity of tariffs and the market dominance of the 'Big Six' vertically integrated energy companies. The MPs single out recent price increases from ScottishPower for particular criticism. Customers who use the least energy will be hit the hardest from August when the increases are put into effect providing an apparent incentive for higher consumption - when energy companies are now supposed to be helping consumers become energy efficient. Electricity and gas tariffs are now so complex that even the Energy Minister admitted he got confused when trying to switch. The Committee is worried that a lot of people are simply bamboozled by their bills and the vast array of different tariffs on offer. The industry should address these problems immediately without waiting for Ofgem or the Government to act.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business and Enterprise Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215523259 Total Pages :600 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (232 download)
Book Synopsis Energy Prices, Fuel Poverty and Ofgem by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business and Enterprise Committee
Download or read book Energy Prices, Fuel Poverty and Ofgem written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business and Enterprise Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report from the 'Business and Enterprise Committee' that inquires into the effect of the 'Big 6' energy companies - which include Npower, Centrica, EDF Energy, Scottish Power, and Scottish and Southern Energy - all raising their prices between January and April 2008. It aims to feed into a separate inquiry being carried out by Ofgem.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780104008034 Total Pages :68 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (8 download)
Book Synopsis Renewable Energy: Practicalities, and Energy Efficiency by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Renewable Energy: Practicalities, and Energy Efficiency written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication sets out the Government's response to two of the Committee's reports on energy policy issues: on targets for renewable energy resources (4th report, HLP 126, session 2003-04, ISBN 0104005068); and on the contribution that energy efficiency can make towards achieving the Government's objective to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (2nd report, HLP 21, session 2005-06, ISBN 0104007230). It also includes responses to the report on energy efficiency from Ofgem and from the Chairman of Committees on behalf of the House of Lords administration. The Government's Energy White Paper (Our energy future: creating a low carbon economy, Cm 5761, ISBN 0101576129) was published in February 2003.
Book Synopsis Delivering Collective Redress by : Christopher Hodges
Download or read book Delivering Collective Redress written by Christopher Hodges and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the transformative shifts in techniques that seek to deliver collective redress, especially for mass consumer claims in Europe. It shows how traditional approaches of class litigation (old technology) have been eclipsed by the new technology of regulatory redress techniques and consumer ombudsmen. It describes a series of these techniques, each illustrated by leading examples taken from a 2016 pan-EU research project. It then undertakes a comparative evaluation of each technique against key criteria, such as effective outcomes, speed, and cost. The book reveals major transformations in European legal systems, shows the overriding need to view legal systems from fresh viewpoints, and to devise a new integrated model.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Regulators Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780104011652 Total Pages :648 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (116 download)
Book Synopsis UK economic regulators by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Regulators
Download or read book UK economic regulators written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Regulators and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UK economic Regulators : 1st report of session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Evidence
Book Synopsis Law and Corporate Behaviour by : Christopher Hodges
Download or read book Law and Corporate Behaviour written by Christopher Hodges and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the theories and practice of how to control corporate behaviour through legal techniques. The principal theories examined are deterrence, economic rational acting, responsive regulation, and the findings of behavioural psychology. Leading examples of the various approaches are given in order to illustrate the models: private enforcement of law through litigation in the USA, public enforcement of competition law by the European Commission, and the recent reform of policies on public enforcement of regulatory law in the United Kingdom. Noting that behavioural psychology has as yet had only limited application in legal and regulatory theory, the book then analyses various European regulatory structures where behavioural techniques can be seen or could be applied. Sectors examined include financial services, civil aviation, pharmaceuticals, and workplace health & safety. Key findings are that 'enforcement' has to focus on identifying the causes of non-compliance, so as to be able to support improved performance, rather than be based on fear motivating complete compliance. Systems in which reporting is essential for safety only function with a no-blame culture. The book concludes by proposing an holistic model for maximising compliance within large organisations, combining public regulatory and criminal controls with internal corporate systems and external influences by stakeholders, held together by a unified core of ethical principles. Hence, the book proposes a new theory of ethical regulation.
Book Synopsis Reforming the Chinese Electricity Supply Sector by : Michael G. Pollitt
Download or read book Reforming the Chinese Electricity Supply Sector written by Michael G. Pollitt and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese electricity sector is the largest in the world, covering well over 20% of the world's electricity supply. While many other countries liberalized their electricity systems in the 1990s, thereby creating competitive wholesale and retail electricity markets, China’s move towards liberalization has advanced at a slower pace – until now. Following the China State Council's publication of the No. 9 document on 'Deepening Reform of the Power Sector', this book reflects on the ambitious new round of reforms aimed at introducing competitive wholesale electricity markets and incentive regulation for its power grids. Written in collaboration with Hao Chen, Lewis Dale and Chung-Han Yang, this book provides lessons for China’s reforms from international experience, combining a detailed review of reforms from around the world with specific application to China and focuses on how the industrial price of electricity is determined in a liberalized power system.
Book Synopsis Regulation in the European Electricity Sector by : Maciej M Sokołowski
Download or read book Regulation in the European Electricity Sector written by Maciej M Sokołowski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the very beginning of European integration, electricity has been within the legal sphere of the EU. Much of this is found within the binding European acts making up the framework of the Energy Packages. The established legal institutions have had a significant impact on the shape of the energy market in Europe. Nevertheless, the European energy market still seems to be developing, as demonstrated by the current lively discussion about the state of the Energy Union. Regulation in the European Electricity Sector delves into European energy law and reflects on some of the primary issues related to the public legal impact on the European energy sector. The book offers a brief explanation of the background operation of the electricity sector, as well as liberalisation within the area, and traces the evolution of the EU’s approach towards the issue of public law regulation within the electricity sector. Finally, the book presents an analysis of European and national laws, considering their interpretation, and explores the future of public law regulation. Aimed at giving the reader a deep insight into a nature of the state’s presence in the power sector, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of EU energy law and policy.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215052186 Total Pages :168 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (521 download)
Book Synopsis Consumer Engagement with Energy Markets by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee
Download or read book Consumer Engagement with Energy Markets written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Additional written evidence is contained in Volume 3, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/ecc. For Volume 1: Report, see (ISBN 9780215052193)
Book Synopsis Sale of Gas Networks by National Grid by : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Download or read book Sale of Gas Networks by National Grid written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-02-10 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 2005, the National Grid plc sold four of the eight regional gas distribution networks in Britain for £5.8 billion (those covering Scotland, Wales and the north, south and west of England). The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), the industry regulator, controls the licenses for operation of these networks; and in making its recommendation on their sale, Ofgem's primary statutory responsibility was to protect the interest of consumers. This NAO report finds that Ofgem successfully fulfilled its duty in relation to the sales, and in seeking to maintain a stable regulatory framework and manage future risks. The sales should help encourage price competition and more efficient working practices, and help deliver potential savings to customers. However, the projected benefits to consumers are subject to uncertainty, given that they are forecast over a long time frame. The report makes a number of recommendations designed to highlight lessons learned in relation to: calculating customer benefits; the internal management of projects involving sales and mergers; and protecting the consumer interest in the future.
Book Synopsis Social Policy in an Era of Competition by : Horsfall, Dan
Download or read book Social Policy in an Era of Competition written by Horsfall, Dan and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welfare states globally have been subjected to reform agendas that have stressed economic competitiveness but how has global competition reshaped welfare states in practice? Providing a new cross-national and international narrative this book captures the complexity of social policy reform process that have taken place over the past 25 years. Drawing on data relating to multiple countries the authors examine global, cross-national and local cases in order to shed light on the impact of international forces on social policy. The book addresses major theoretical debates about the direction of welfare state reform processes across the OECD and beyond, offering empirically rooted analyses of change and new perspectives on the impact of global competition on social policy.
Book Synopsis Fixing Fuel Poverty by : Brenda Boardman
Download or read book Fixing Fuel Poverty written by Brenda Boardman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in the early 90s, Brenda Boardman's Fuel Poverty has been the reference text for those wishing to learn about this complex subject. In this, its successor, she turns a critical eye to the new millennium and finds that the situation, while now more widely recognised, is far from having improved. The book begins by discussing the political awakening to the issue and exploring just who constitutes the fuel poor. It examines the factors that contribute to fuel poverty - low incomes, high fuel prices and poor quality housing - and looks at and evaluates the policies that have been employed to help reduce the problem. The latter part presents a detailed set of proposals based around long-term improvements in the housing stock that must be employed if we are to avoid a dire situation continuing to get worse. Based on detailed analysis of the situation in the UK, the growth of fuel poverty (sometimes called energy poverty) in other countries and the new focus in European policy makes the book timely and provides important lessons for those who now have to produce policies to tackle the issues.
Book Synopsis OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: United Kingdom 2002 Challenges at the Cutting Edge by : OECD
Download or read book OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: United Kingdom 2002 Challenges at the Cutting Edge written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2002-10-24 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The OECD's review of regulatory reform in the UK. The review finds that the United Kingdom presents a stimulating contrast of tradition and modernity, which is reflected in a mature and innovative regulatory system.
Book Synopsis The Governance of Regulators Driving Performance at Mexico's National Hydrocarbons Commission by : OECD
Download or read book The Governance of Regulators Driving Performance at Mexico's National Hydrocarbons Commission written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regulators help ensure the access to and quality of public utilities, facilitate investment and protect market neutrality. Good external and internal governance of regulators is crucial to their performance. Based on a framework developed by the OECD, this study assesses the functions ...
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Energy and Climate Change Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215081609 Total Pages :40 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 386 - Energy Network Costs: Transparent and Fair? by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Energy and Climate Change Committee
Download or read book HC 386 - Energy Network Costs: Transparent and Fair? written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Energy and Climate Change Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Network costs (which cover the transmission and distribution of gas and electricity from power stations to households and industry) are a very significant component of household and industrial energy bills. Ofgem has created a new regulatory framework (RIIO) that was designed to ensure that costs were competitive and that profits weren't excessive, but there is clear evidence that network companies are making higher profits than expected. This suggests that the targets and incentives set by Ofgem are too low, barriers to market entry are high and that Ofgem needs to monitor RIIO more effectively and to equip RIIO with stronger, corrective measures. Ofgem has not yet created the conditions for the market to thrive and provide consumers with best value for money. In the short-term, market conditions can be improved if: (i) an interim independent audit of price controls is conducted; (ii) the 40-day notification period for price changes is increased to 15 months; and (iii) stronger, corrective measures are applied to companies that have received incentive payments for reducing leakages when such reductions have not taken place.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215561886 Total Pages :294 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (618 download)
Book Synopsis The UK's energy supply by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee
Download or read book The UK's energy supply written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government must start thinking strategically about energy security to protect the UK's energy supply against short-term shocks and rising global energy prices, according to a report by MPs on the Energy and Climate Change Committee. Gas storage capacity needs to be increased in the UK to minimise the potential damage from supply interruptions or price spikes, the report argues. It reveals that the UK's current storage capacity amounts to only 14 days worth of gas supply - a dangerously low level compared with France which has 87 days worth of gas storage, Germany 69 and Italy 59. 19 gigawatts (GW) of ageing electricity plant will close by 2018 and the UK will become increasingly reliant on energy imports as North Sea oil and gas reserves decline. The report concludes that new electricity generation currently being built or planned will fill this "gap". But it urges the Government to ensure security of supply by delivering on its energy efficiency targets, rolling out smart meters - that can balance demand - and maintaining a diverse energy mix.
