Weekly column by EUA's Chief Executive
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7
Oct
Cutting edge trial for heat pumps
7th Oct 2024
As you may know, I am voluntary Chair of a Community-Interest-Company that tackles fuel poverty.
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30
Sep
Low key conference suggests challenges ahead
30th Sep 2024
Having got back from a rain-soaked Labour Party conference, I thought I’d share a few reflections (apologies to all those I met the...
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23
Sep
23rd Sep 2024
Some so-called “energy experts” are often heard making the call to decommission the gas networks as part of the drive to net...
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16
Sep
Building homes, growing industry, raising incomes
16th Sep 2024
Rumbling away in the background is the noise you can hear around the debate on building more homes and where they should be located.
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9
Sep
9th Sep 2024
You must have noticed the chill in the air for those that rise early or are out late.
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2
Sep
History lessons are invaluable
2nd Sep 2024
This week I am going to take you down memory lane and at the same time touch upon a current political debate that has some relevance to...
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19
Aug
Football season has started, when should the ref blow the whistle?
19th Aug 2024
Yippee, the football season has started and with my team now languishing in League One with the minnows, I am desperate for some favourab...
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12
Aug
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5
Aug
A look at the facts, what are consumers buying?
5th Aug 2024
It’s the holiday season and the recent warm weather means household heating choices are far from the minds of most people.
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29
Jul
29th Jul 2024
I know politicians get a raw deal when it comes to trusting what they say, but over the last few weeks the actual words uttered by the mo...
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22
Jul
No easy answers on electricity prices
22nd Jul 2024
Over the last few days, a number of august bodies have suggested that the UK’s electricity unit price is too high and needs to be l...
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15
Jul
Is there a moral duty to tell truth to power?
15th Jul 2024
Like some of you, I am watching events across the pond with a sense of bewilderment and dread.
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8
Jul
8th Jul 2024
The results are in, the voters have spoken and another contestant in Love Island has left. In other news, the general election has delive...
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1
Jul
Community fears deindustrialisation
1st Jul 2024
Last week I spent a few sweltering days in Brighton at a trade union conference. My hosts were Community, a trade union of over 40,000 me...
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24
Jun
Inevitable, yes but the timing surprised even me
24th Jun 2024
Over the weekend, Ed Miliband (who is odds on favourite to become the UK’s next Energy Secretary) announced that a future Labour go...
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17
Jun
17th Jun 2024
Twice in the space of a few weeks has the expression “I’ve not seen that before” been used.
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10
Jun
10th Jun 2024
In just under two weeks, people will start voting by post in what I think is the most unusual general election campaign I have witnessed.
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3
Jun
3rd Jun 2024
The teams are assembled; the path to victory is being plotted by analysts; flags and banners printed. It promises to be some summer.
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20
May
“Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones.”
20th May 2024
I’ve been poring over the latest opinion poll that we commissioned and the findings confirm all we have been saying about heat deca...
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13
May
Championing diversity, it’s in our interest
13th May 2024
I always appreciate feedback from these blogs and this week I was asked to consider penning a piece around diversity in the energy sector...
Mike Foster
EUA's Chief Executive
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