The Energy Managers Association (EMA) has thrown its weight behind the government’s plans to introduce mandatory energy audits for large enterprises from 2015 – but has voiced its concerns that the scheme may put an unnecessary administrative burden on energy managers. Speaking to Energy Demand, Tim Mukasa, head of policy at the EMA said that the organisation was “largely positive” about... 

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has unveiled the “preferred bidders” to deliver its smart meter roll-out contracts, subject to final clearance, as an influential committee of MPs warned that the government needs to do more to enable smaller businesses to benefit from the scheme. Five companies have been named as the preferred bidders of the contracts. Capita PLC is in line for... 

No more roll-over contracts Energy supplier E.ON is to end automatic roll-over contracts for its SME customers, making it the second of the UK’s “Big Six” suppliers to call a halt to the practice. The decision was prompted by a survey of E.ON’s customers which found that they would prefer to negotiate a new fixed price contract or be placed onto a variable rate at the end of their existing... 

Loughborough University is saving an average of £30,000/year on its energy bills, after it installed PC power management software – but has opted to downgrade its carbon reduction target, Energy Demand can reveal. The VPM v3.3 system from Verismic has cut back the energy consumption of 1,700 PCs across the campus overnight and during weekends, saving 45,000kWh each year and around 34,000kg of... 

DONG Energy has entered into a partnership with Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) which will see SMS manage the gas metering for DONG’s business customer portfolio throughout the UK. Under the agreement, SMS will provide smart meter asset management services, site works and data services for automated meter reading (AMR) gas meters installed for DONG’s industrial and commercial business... 

Mike Hogg Mike Hogg, managing director of DONG Energy UK, gives his perspective on how natural gas prices in the UK can be expected to develop over the next two years. Predicting the future pricing of any commodity has its challenges but natural gas is especially difficult. As a product traded in a global market, its value at any point in the calendar is determined by a kaleidoscope of factors. On... 

Out-of-town retailer Matalan is set to net savings of £1.7 million on its annual energy bill, following the installation of a new wireless building energy management system across 206 of its 216 stores. The system, from Wireless Energy Management Systems (WEMS) International, has so far been installed in 155 of the stores, with the remaining 51 due to be completed by the end of September, the company...