Energy Independence news from 2025
8 stories, newest first
- December 2025
Draft NPPF consultation published proposing to prevent local authorities from setting local energy standards
A draft National Planning Policy Framework consultation published in December 2025 proposes to stop local authorities setting their own energy efficiency standards in planning policy, with responses due by 10 March.
- October 2025
Low Carbon Hub publishes Your Home Retrofit Guide
Low Carbon Hub has published a free plain-English guide to home retrofit, covering quick wins, planning, funding and local support for households in Oxfordshire and beyond.
MHHS migration scheduled to begin
Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement is scheduled to begin migration in October, in the final year of a framework requiring minimum smart meter coverage of 74.5% of homes and 68.7% of businesses by the end of 2025.
- September 2025
Marketwide Half Hourly Settlement rollout due to begin
Marketwide Half Hourly Settlement is due to begin rolling out from September 2025, a change intended to give suppliers a greater incentive to offer tariffs that reflect real-time costs.
- July 2025
Plymouth Energy Community opens walk-in energy advice hub on Union Street
Plymouth Energy Community has opened a walk-in energy advice hub in the Genesis Building on Union Street, funded by Wales & West Utilities through its Vulnerability and Carbon Monoxide Allowance fund.
- March 2025
Mixergy closes £12 million funding round led by Barclays Climate Ventures
Mixergy has closed a £12 million funding round led by Barclays Climate Ventures, with existing shareholders backing the smart hot water cylinder maker as it moves to a licensing and partnership model.
MHHS rollout to begin over 18 months from spring 2025
Ofgem has confirmed that Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement will be rolled out over 18 months from spring 2025, exposing suppliers to the half-hourly cost of household electricity use.
- February 2025
Industry leaders visit Wyke Farms to hear how biomethane could decarbonise homes and businesses
Wales & West Utilities brought industry bodies to a Somerset cheese farm on 28 February 2025 to hear how biomethane from food and farm waste already heats homes and businesses through the gas grid.