Transco has proposed that the Network Code be modified to allow it to issue invoices by ‘Conventional Notice’ subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to User Voluntary...

In submitting its obligatory Form 20-F to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, oil and gas major BP announced it has increased its proven oil and gas reserves by 23 million...

British Nuclear Group has announced the permanent cessation of generation at its Chapelcross power station in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Chapelcross, which began electricity production in February...

French utility EdF’s ceo Francois Roussely said the firm will not prioritise investing in Spain for another three years but will focus on Germany and Italy instead. Speaking to the French daily...

Belgium’s Fluxys has signed a long-term capacity subscription agreement with Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil on Wednesday for the Zeebrugge LNG terminal. Fluxys now has the backing it needs to go...

Calendar ’05 Baseload started at EUR 33.10/MWh on the back of lower coal prices and reported profit taking before staging an upward movement to take it to EUR 33.30- 33.40/MWh by the close. Calendar...

The lower house of the French parliament voted on Tuesday in favour on a draft bill that proposes to reform state utilities EdF and GdF’s status as public companies. This would in turn free the...

The lower house of the French parliament voted on Tuesday in favour on a draft bill that proposes to reform state utilities EdF and GdF’s status as public companies. This would in turn free the...

German households are paying EUR 0.18/kWh more than their EU neighbours for their electricity, according to Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) chief Edda Müller. She said a strong...

Norwegian oil, gas and industrial group Norsk Hydro has cut its total proven undeveloped reserve estimates on Monday by 6.6%, including a cut of 16.32 billion cubic metres (Gm3), or 30.35% of Ormen...

Electricity market liberalisation may have put 25,000 Nordic jobs on the line, according to Norwegian press reports. The reports suggest current long-term supply contracts are cheaper than they will...

The simultaneous annual general meetings (AGMs) of Royal Dutch/Shell that were held in London and The Hague on Monday proved to be uncomfortable for the company, with apparent heckling from the...

Spanish demand reached a record high of 36,700 MW at 11:25 GMT on 29th June, grid operator Red Electrica de Espana (REE) said on Tuesday. The high surpassed the record of 36,330 MW set on Monday,...

Norwegian oil and gas group Statoil has been fined NOK 20 million (EUR 2.4 million) for corruption by the National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime in...

Swiss hydropower reservoir levels increased by 4.0 percentage points last week to an average of 38.3% fullness, according to data from the country’s federal energy office, the BFE. Levels during Week...

The five modifications, which were signed by Ofgem on 24th June are as follows:• "Amendments to facilitate the unbundling of Supply Meter ownership and associated works in accordance with the Review...

The July 2004 monthly UK power Heren index* stands at £21.14/MWh, marking a £1.06/MWh (5.3%) increase on the June 2004 index of £20.08/MWh. It is £6.49/MWh (44.3%) higher than the July 2003 index of...

The UK’s Rough storage unit reduced injection rates around lunchtime on Wednesday to carry out some essential maintenance work, Rough operator Centrica Storage Limited (CSL) said on Wednesday. The...

Flows through the Interconnector pipeline linking the UK with Belgium were reduced by 35% from around 15:00 London time on Wednesday, pipeline operator IUK said on Wednesday afternoon. “We are hoping...

German Wingas declined to comment on newswire reports claiming t it will transport about two billion cubic metres (Gm³) of gas annually through the planned pipeline linking Dutch Balgzand with Bacton...