Watt-Logic

Today I have published a new report into the refineries sector: Fuel, refineries and the UK ETS: what policymakers need to know.

The ongoing drama about GB electricity grid security on 23 June is exposing much wider problems than expected.

Here is the transcript of a speech I gave to the New South Wales Energy Forum on 19 July.

Is NESO struggling to manage the grid this summer?

Here is a transcript of a speech on grid stability that I gave to the International Energy Credit Association in Valencia on 16 June 2026... .................................

Back in February I wrote an analysis of energy supplier OVO, concluding that it faced a real risk of ceasing to trade in the coming 12 months.

10 years ago today I published my first blog post, and it’s interesting that I’m still talking about this exact topic – the physics of the gas and electricity markets.

I gave this speech at the Cirrus Investor Conference in Namibia last week: .

Kemi Badenoch’s proposal to cut energy bills by £200 has been widely dismissed as political posturing, but when looked at properly, from the perspective of consumers and the costs they have to bear, it’s far more coherent than critics would like to admit,…

The Capacity Market was introduced with a very clear and sensible objective - to ensure that Britain would always have enough firm capacity available to meet demand, even under stress conditions (particularly periods of low renewables output) by providing…