National Grid's sale of inflation-linked bonds to private investors closes having attracted at least twice the amount of money that had been predicted... more
Central London faces its “worst ever” summer for roadworks as figures show that the equivalent of every mile of the capital’s streets will be dug up 69 times this year... more
City Comment: Chancellor George Osborne uses one of his first official speeches to reaffirm the Government’s intention to cut the effective rate of corporation tax... more
Ofgem said it had strong competition among bidders looking to run the £1 billion-plus transmission contracts that will bring the electricity generated by offshore wind farms into Britain's grid... more
Energy analysis: National Grid, Centrica and SSE stand as beacons of British independence. Should shares of these Three Lions be a candidate for every desktop investor's portfolio?... more
Adam Posen is not the first American appointee to the Bank of England monetary policy committee — that was DeAnne Julius, between 1997 and 2001... more
If people needed any more confirmation that we live in an Orwellian world where words are frequently used to convey just the opposite of what they mean, consider the comments that resulted from a survey into the work of HM Revenue & Customs, conducted by accountancy body the ICAEW ... more
National Grid put in a plea to be placed at the centre of the country’s “smart metering” revolution — just a year after the company was found guilty of abusing its gas meters monopoly... more
Three days is a long time in a nascent pandemic. There is every chance that the markets will re-open on Tuesday with 72 hours worth of panic-hewn news to digest... more
The Excelerate liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker was pumping fuel into Britain's Teesside import facility after arriving yesterday, according to the local port authority... more
National Grid has awarded contracts worth up to £1.2 billion to Morrison Utility Services and Enterprise Managed Services for gas grid work over the next 10 years, the network operator said ... more
Britain's recession is likely to cut gas demand by 6% during the next six months, compared to last summer, energy network operation National Grid said
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UK network operator National Grid said it planned to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2020, and called on the government and industry to develop a route map for a low carbon economy... more
Plans to regenerate a rundown part of Fulham are being threatened by a National Grid "super tunnel" that could throw the area into chaos for years... more
National Grid has been hit with a thumping £41.6 million fine for anti-competitive practices that have artificially kept up household gas prices... more
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