Fighting Fit

EDF may sell capacity to win British Energy

The European Commission has extended a deadline for its review of the takeover of Britain's nuclear generator

Scramble to cut emissions to avoid shaming

Government plans to hurry the reduction of carbon emissions with a name-and-shame coupled with fines for exceeding limits

Prepare for a technological revolution

Targets are good, but we all have a responsibility to ensure they don't just become hot air. In this case, literally so

A tale of two power policies

Britain should be ashamed of what it did to its nuclear industry, not least because Britons invented civil nuclear power

EDF: UK energy shortfall to be filled by gas

Lack of capacity in the nuclear industry means that UK will have to rely on imported natural gas to meet emerging shortfall

Northumbrian Water profits drop

Soaring energy costs have led to a drop in profits at the company that serves 4.3m customers in the North East and Essex

Northumbrian Water feels pain as energy costs soar

Water company says energy bills 50% higher than last year are biggest factor in profit fall but also warns on bad debts

Tempus analysis: Tainted water

Water bills are the first debts to be put to one side as the water company is not allowed to turn off the supply

Suppliers resist pressure to slash energy bills

The difference between wholesale energy costs and home fuel bills has widened as household bills could be cut by £200

Ofgem 'dons hobnails' over energy price cuts

Chief executive Alistair Buchanan has told MPs he would pressure energy suppliers to cut prices as wholesale prices fall

Mervyn King ... BHP Billiton ... Severn Trent: Tempus at lunchtime

Banks were bailed out for a reason ... the Rio deal had been flat a while ... utilities still carry risks

Tempus comment: Water safety

Utilities like to boast of their defensive credentials when stock markets look rocky but they are not immune

Tempus analysis: Repairs required

The stockmarket is in no mood to give untested businesses the benefit of the doubt when they show signs of weakening

Nuclear plant site sale starts

The government will launch the auction of land set aside for new nuclear-power stations within two weeks

E.ON snaps up farmland for nuclear power plant

The German energy group has bought land in Gloucestershire for a reactor that could generate power for a million people