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British Gas joins Octopus in paying customers to use less electricity during peak hours

British Gas has rolled out the Demand Flexibility Service which is being operated by National Grid

Chronicle Live

British Gas to pay customers to use less electricity

The supplier becomes the latest – and the largest – to sign up to the scheme – which is run by National Grid.

The Independent UK

SA inquiry to scrutinise power pricing

The South Australian goverment has launched an inquiry into gas and electricity pricing amid concerns companies are making super profits.

AAP

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Debate over energy price cap heats up

The possibility of price caps on fossil fuels has sparked concern from some state leaders as the government looks to lock down a plan to lower energy prices.

AAP

Turmoil widens Australia's energy divide as costs accelerate fastest for poorer households

Australia's energy crisis is widening the gulf between rich and poor households as costs accelerate much faster for consumers on low and middle incomes.

ABC News

Nitish Kumar makes a veiled attack on Arvind Kejriwal over free power

PATNA: Making a veiled attack on his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on the concept of providing free electricity, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said some people keep advocating to provide free electricity to consumers, but such people have no other work to do, so they keep talking about such…

The Times of India

Blinken Says Putin’s Attacks on Ukraine Energy Grid Will Not Divide Kyiv’s Allies

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Vladimir Putin had focused his "fire and ire" on Ukraine's civilian population and warned that Russia's recent strategy of targeting vital infrastructure would fail to divide Ukraine's supporters. "Heat, water, electricity...these are President Putin's new targets. He's hitting them hard.

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Gujarat election: AAP’s CM candidate on freebies, soft Hindutva and BJP’s 'media management'

In his campaign speeches, Isudan Gadhvi, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate, emphasises a pair of words that encapsulate the party’s core pitch for the impending Gujarat assembly election. The words? “Zero” and “free”. In the main, they refer to the party’s promise to provide 300 units of free electricity…

Newslaundry

'Necessary evil': France refires coal plant amid energy woes

France has restarted a shuttered coal plant as part of emergency efforts to keep heat and electricity on this winter

The Independent UK

Using data to tell the story of India’s infrastructure issues, and the way ahead

In October 1963, while inaugurating the Bhakra dam on the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh, then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru used the evocative phrase “temples of modern India” to describe the infrastructural milestones in the formative years of India’s post-Independence economic rebuilding. The dam, which took nearly 15 years to…

Newslaundry

Top U.S. diplomat Blinken: Putin's attacks on Ukraine energy grid will not work

Russian President Vladimir Putin has focused his "fire and ire" on Ukraine's civilian population, bombing more than a third of Ukraine's energy system - water and electricity supply - in a strategy that will not work, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukraine Welcomes Arms Offers, No Word on Patriot Missiles

Ukraine’s foreign minister said Wednesday that NATO diplomats have given him a “number of new commitments” on arming his nation, but declined to say whether that included promises of badly wanted Patriot missile batteries. Dmytro Kuleba spoke at a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Bucharest, Romania. Equipping Ukraine with arms…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Govt to urge power saving through March

The government has asked households and businesses nationwide to reduce electricity consumption from today through the end of March next year, though it will not set numerical targets.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

140 year-old animal refuge 'brought to its knees' by energy crisis

Charity calls for government support for the sector in the face of soaring gas and electricity bills this winter

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Edinburgh Live

Energy companies paying Scots to turn electricity off as bills soar - full list

With the rise in the cost of living, more customers will now be able to benefit from not using electricity during peak hours when demand is at its highest after a scheme was announced where suppliers can pay customers not to use electricity.

The Independent UK

How you can get paid for using appliances at off-peak times

The Demand Flexibility Service scheme set for launch after trial by energy supplier saw some customers paid £2 per kilowatt hour

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Putin will carpet-bomb Ukraine unless the West acts

The strategically vital city of Kherson is back in the hands of Ukrainians, albeit under threat of Russian shelling and attacks on its electricity supply. But as combatants on both sides of an increasingly static firing line prepare for winter war, there are effectively two separate conflicts emerging: one on…

Manchester Evening News

British Gas, E.On, OVO, Octopus and more are paying people to save electricity this winter - how the scheme works

The National Grid's Demand Flexibility Service launched earlier this month and is aimed at preventing blackouts this winter

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The Independent UK

‘Tedious and horrible’: What life was like during the 1970s blackouts

As the National Grid warns Britons could face blackouts due to the energy crisis we look back at the last time the country was plunged into darkness

Evening Standard

Putin’s forces still seeking to advance in Donbas in Ukraine despite ‘extremely large losses’, says Zelensky

Vladimir Putin’s generals are still seeking to advance in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region despite suffering “extremely large losses,” Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine seeks more NATO aid amid ‘difficult’ front-line situation

Officials ask for air defence systems and power transformers as Russian forces seek to advance in multiple fronts.

Kiplinger

Heat Pumps vs Solar Panels: Which Saves You More on Energy Bills?

Debating heat pumps vs solar panels? Whichever one you choose, it just got easier to save on energy bills.

The Texas Tribune

Texas grid still vulnerable to extreme winter weather, ERCOT estimate shows

Changes to Texas’ power grid have improved ERCOT’s ability to keep power flowing during major winter storms, but in an extreme scenario, the grid could still face rolling blackouts, a seasonal assessment shows.

The Conversation

Heat pumps without home insulation could raise bills and overload the grid – here’s what the government can do

The UK aims to replace 1.7 million gas boilers a year by the mid-2030s, as part of its plan to reach net zero. This will require rapidly scaling up the installation of heat pumps which can run on renewable electricity. Just 67,000 were installed in 2021.

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland £600 electricity payment could be used on other bills under UK government plans

The payment to help with rising energy costs was due to be provided as a credit to electricity accounts

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