Pillar
The Transition Economy
The commercial structure of net zero. Who pays, who profits, and how the money actually moves through the system.
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Analysis
Why are we still not delivering the energy system that we need?
The National Audit Office's latest report makes is clear why Britain's grid upgrade is falling behind the pace Clean Power 2030 demands - from a decade of missed planning decisions to a governance structure where no one is accountable for delivery. Unless transmission delivery and locational pricing reform both accelerate, the cost of that delay will land squarely on consumer bills.
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Analysis
Does flexibility risk widening the fuel poverty gap?
As flexibility markets expand across Britain's energy system, the financial rewards seems to be being realised mostly by households who can afford solar panels, batteries and smart meters. We look at whether renters, lower-income consumers and younger households, who NESO data shows are already under-represented in flexibility schemes, risk being left to cover a growing share of network costs while missing out on the benefits.
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Analysis
Future of Utilities Summit 2026: the industry's take on flexibility
Flexibility dominated this year's Future of Utilities Summit, with broad agreement that the technology has stabilised and none at all on where the economic case lies. Across the interview series, Sean Layerle, David Watson and Kate Mulvaney set out three different views of what stands between flexibility and the mainstream: risk appetite, consumer trust, and automation that removes the question entirely.
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Analysis
London Climate Action Week 2026: What the changing language tells us about what needs to come next for the energy sector
The energy sector has a new vocabulary. Analysing LinkedIn posts from London Climate Action Week 2026, we look at what the shift from Net Zero to Energy Security means for how businesses need to communicate.
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Analysis
Changes cycles are compressing - how does the energy industry keep up?
Three years of Future of Utilities Summit agendas tell a story that goes beyond conference themes. AI has arrived as the sector's defining priority, flexibility has found its commercial footing, and ambition has given way to a focus on delivery.
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Analysis
AI, Flex and the End of Debate: A Future of Utilities Roundup
The Future of Utilities Summit 2025 marked a turning point — AI is no longer a conversation topic, it's an operational imperative. From flexibility markets to customer debt, the sector is done debating and ready to build.
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Analysis
Economy, Economy, Economy: Why Business Will Deliver the Energy Transition
The We Mean Business Coalition's new global research confirms what the conversations in Amsterdam suggested: business has already made the decision to electrify, and the economic case has achieved what two decades of climate advocacy could not. The outstanding question is whether Europe's grids, governments and flexibility markets can move fast enough to meet a demand signal that will not wait.
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Analysis
Energy Transition Amsterdam 2026: What Six Conversations Told Us
Six on-camera conversations from Future of Utilities in Amsterdam reveal an industry that has converged on why it is transitioning, but not on what to fix first.
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Expert Voice
If You Wanted to Get There, You Wouldn't Start From Here
Industry experts on the six things they would change if they were building the energy system from scratch.