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CI Live is only a couple of months away, here’s a look back at the highlights from last year's event.

Last year, more than 250 senior leaders from across the energy sector spent a full day at Glaziers Hall engaging in high-level debate, market-leading insight and networking, tackling the pressures facing Great Britain’s energy system.

We return to Glaziers Hall in London for our second year on 4 November 2026, where we will again take a deep dive into an energy market that’s changing faster than ever. Hear from senior energy leaders - including the CEOs of Octopus Energy, EDF Energy and E.ON UK, plus many more - across plenary addresses, expert panels and a choice of three interactive breakouts.

Early-bird pricing is already applied to every ticket on the website, save 10% until 11 September.

Reserve your place today: https://t.co/8HGDKNffhk

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Two weeks left to register for CI Live 2026.

On Wednesday 4 November, more than 250 senior leaders from across the energy sector will come together at Glaziers Hall in London for a full day of market-leading insight, high-level debate and networking.

Hear from Greg Jackson CBE (Octopus Energy), Simone Rossi (EDF Energy), Chris Norbury (E.ON UK), Angus McCarey (Uswitch) and Neil Kenward (Ofgem), plus three expert panels and a choice of three interactive breakouts.

Last year’s event sold out with standing room only. Book your place before registration closes: https://t.co/8HGDKNffhk

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We're delighted to welcome @OctopusEnergy on board as a Bronze Sponsor of CI Live 2026, taking place at Glaziers Hall in London, on 4 November.

Octopus Energy is a global clean energy and technology business, driving the affordable, green energy system of the future. Under its own retail brand, Octopus delivers world-class customer service and cutting-edge energy products to 11 million households globally.

With operations spanning 27 countries and the entire energy value chain, it is driving the electrification of heat and transport through smart tariffs and innovative clean tech. It operates a £7 billion renewables portfolio alongside thriving EV leasing, heat pump and solar businesses.

We're especially pleased that founder and CEO Greg Jackson CBE will be joining us on stage for a fireside chat at 9:20am, "Building a Smarter, Flexible Energy System".

Places are filling up fast, so make sure you've secured yours: https://t.co/8HGDKNfN6S

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Wholesale prices are only part of the story.

With the Autumn Budget on 28 October and winter bills coming into focus, network charges, policy costs and levies continue to shape what households and businesses pay. For some business sites, combined network charges could soon exceed wholesale electricity costs.

In our latest blog by Ed Reed, we explore why non-commodity costs are among the most complex and fast-changing parts of the GB energy market, and what that means for anyone managing energy procurement.

Read the blog: https://t.co/gpM70VYo0V

Join our Understanding Non-Commodity Costs on Energy Bills online course on 3-4 November: https://t.co/cNhhjmZFiJ

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Our Energy Users Lead, Jacob Briggs, joined David Edmonds on EDF Business & Wholesale's Talking Power podcast to discuss what is pushing up business energy costs and the steps organisations can take in response.

In this clip, Jacob explains how the challenges differ between the transmission and distribution networks, and how flexibility can help meet rising demand from technologies such as EVs and heat pumps, without always needing to upgrade the wires.

The full episode looks more broadly at what drives costs, including wholesale prices, network spending, policy charges and market reform, alongside the options open to businesses.

Jacob's central point is that energy is no longer just a purchasing decision. With costs, risks and opportunities all shifting, it now deserves a place in wider business strategy.

Watch the full episode on EDF's YouTube channel here: https://t.co/QNrooII9gK

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Your Licence Exempt Supply (LES) questions, answered.

Our recent webinar with Enosi, Licence Exempt Supply: Experts Unpack P442, prompted a wide range of questions from across the market. From which assets can participate and how LES interacts with existing support schemes, to cost shifting, policy risk and what it could mean for community energy.

We couldn’t get to all the questions live, so we’ve grouped the outstanding ones by theme and set out our responses in a new blog from Robert Buckley.

Read the blog: https://t.co/ymhsWjhmoS

We’ll be continuing the conversation at CI Live 2026 on 4 November at Glaziers Hall in London. Join senior energy leaders, including the CEOs of Octopus Energy, EDF Energy and E.ON UK, for a full day of high-level debate, market-leading insight and networking. You can catch Robert Buckley and James Hall (COO, Evolve Energy) on our Reporting vs Reality panel.

Last year’s event sold out with standing room only, so don’t leave it too late.

Reserve your place: https://t.co/8HGDKNffhk

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CI Live 2026 is just around the corner and we're looking forward to bringing the industry together at Glaziers Hall in London on 4 November for a day of discussion, fresh perspectives and some very good networking.

Events like this don't happen without the support of our partners, so we'd like to say a big thank you to Enosi for joining us as a Silver sponsor this year.

As the team behind Powertracer, a platform that helps suppliers and generators develop time-matched products giving households and businesses access to cheaper clean energy, they spend their days working through some of the trickier questions in the market. This makes them a great fit for a conference focused on insight and debate around the complex and dynamic energy environment.

If you haven't got your place yet, tickets are going quickly and you can register here: https://t.co/8HGDKNfN6S

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30 days to go until CI Live 2026.

Last year's event sold out with standing room only, so if you want to be in the room, now is the time to secure your place.

Join more than 250 senior energy leaders at Glaziers Hall in London on 4 November for a full day of high-level debate, market intelligence and networking.

Hear from Greg Jackson CBE (Octopus Energy), Simone Rossi (EDF Energy), Chris Norbury (E.ON UK) and Angus McCarey (Uswitch) on the issues shaping the GB energy transition.

The day features three expert panels –
- Reporting vs Reality: sustainability claims versus market realities
- What Does the Immediate Future Hold? The decisions shaping the GB power market
- Navigating Uncertainty in Business Energy Costs: managing volatility for large energy users

Plus, a choice of three interactive breakouts covering capacity and connections, flexibility markets, and fairness in household energy supply.

Don’t leave it until the last minute. Book your place today: https://t.co/8HGDKNfN6S

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With CI Live only five weeks away, we're pleased to welcome the Energy Consultants Association as a partner for this year's event.

The consultants, brokers and TPIs the ECA represents work where the market meets its customers, dealing with rising non-commodity costs, contract structures and supplier behaviour every day. That's exactly the kind of experience we want in the room at CI Live when the industry talks about where things go next.

The ECA provides a collective voice for the sector, working with regulators and industry stakeholders to push for higher standards across the market, and we're looking forward to bringing this into the day's discussions.

On 4 November at Glaziers Hall, senior policymakers, regulators and energy CEOs will be looking at the policy and investment signals shaping the year ahead and what the push for Clean Power means in practice.

Get your ticket today: https://t.co/8HGDKNffhk

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Our latest price cap forecast shows household energy costs could go up by 16% in January, which would be the biggest rise in 4 years, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to disrupt gas supplies to the UK and the rest of the world.

The knock-on effects have seen EU gas storage stocks at their lowest September levels in 15 years, meaning the effects could also stretch well beyond this winter.

The extent of January’s increase will depend on how the US-Iran conflict progresses. However, even if the conflict ended tomorrow, the supply disruption would likely take months to correct itself, impacting households and businesses alike.

Read our full story: https://t.co/0dkTnlWtJD

Keep up-to-date with the data: https://t.co/un9nn6qZ1r

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Last chance to sign up! Our free webinar is tomorrow, so if you want to know how Licence Exempt Supply works, now's the time to register.

Energy procurement is changing, and Licence Exempt Supply is one of the options opening up, letting generators supply consumers directly without a supply licence. But questions about licensing, settlement and how it works day-to-day make it hard to see where the opportunity really sits.

Our joint webinar with Enosi, Licence Exempt Supply: Experts Unpack P442, takes place tomorrow, Tuesday 29 September at 11am.

In this one-hour interactive session, our experts and industry guests will cover:

- The history of Licence Exempt Supply and the regulatory framework it sits within
- The market processes and settlement arrangements that make these schemes work, and how they operate in practice
- What Licence Exempt Supply means for generators, suppliers and customers

The session closes with a live Q&A, so bring your questions for the experts, including Enosi’s CEO Steve Hoy and Evolve Energy's COO James Hall.

Don't miss out, secure your place today: https://t.co/xGgEu91vnO

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Last chance: the Energy Skills Index survey closes on 30 September.

If you haven't had your say yet, now's the time. We want to know what market capabilities the energy sector will need over the next five years, and your answers will shape the inaugural Cornwall Insight Energy Skills Index, the first industry benchmark of its kind.

It takes around 8 minutes, and everyone who takes part gets exclusive early access to the published report. Don't leave it too late.

Take the survey before it closes: https://t.co/JfRTg4McpI

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Big news for CI Live 2026: Bevan Brittan is joining us as registration sponsor.

The UK top 100 law firm has over 30 years in the UK energy sector and is a market leader on renewable and decarbonisation projects, which fits well with what CI Live is all about.

Nick Fothergill, their corporate partner, will also be speaking on the CI Live panel "What Does the Immediate Future Hold?", looking at the decisions facing the GB power market as Clean Power 2030 ambitions run up against a contested route to delivery, from market design and network investment to planning reform and the pace of decarbonisation.

CI Live returns on 4 November 2026, building on the event last year that brought 250 people from across the sector together to talk honestly about what Great Britain's energy system is up against.

Don't miss out - tickets are selling fast - register here: https://t.co/8HGDKNfN6S

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Millions of households could be paying more than they need to for energy, simply because smart tariffs are not built with them in mind.

Cornwall Insight's new report commissioned by Secure Meters - Being Smarter with Data and Metering - looks at how combining smart meter data with demographic insight could unlock a new generation of time-of-use tariffs, built around real routines rather than a one-size-fits-all rate.

Around 70% of British homes have a smart meter capable of running time-of-use tariffs, yet these tariffs make up less than 3% of the domestic market.

Most tariffs are built around one use case, EV charging. But night-shift workers, busy families, people with a heat pump or battery, and households on lower incomes could all see real savings too.

Pair that with automated systems that shift usage to cheaper periods, and households could see the savings without having to manage the timing themselves.

Read the full report:
https://t.co/wpDjmHbDcn

Find the press release: https://t.co/8oYDvYjAGJ

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Want to know how Licence Exempt Supply really works?

Energy procurement is changing. New market structures and growing interest in local generation are opening up options well beyond traditional supply deals. Licence Exempt Supply is one of them, letting generators supply consumers directly without a supply licence.

The idea is not new, but questions about licensing, settlement and how it all works day-to-day make it hard to see where the opportunity really sits. To weigh up the commercial case, you first need to understand the rules and the mechanics behind it.

Our joint webinar with Enosi, Licence Exempt Supply: Experts Unpack P442, takes place on Tuesday 29 September at 11am.

In this one-hour interactive session, our experts and industry guests will cover:

- The history of Licence Exempt Supply and the regulatory framework it sits within
- The market processes and settlement arrangements that make these schemes work, and how schemes operate in practice
- What Licence Exempt Supply means for generators, suppliers and customers

The session closes with a live Q&A, so bring your questions for the experts, Enosi CEO Steve Hoy and Evolve Energy's COO James Hall.

Register today: https://t.co/xGgEu90Xyg

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With CI Live just weeks away, we're pleased to welcome the Utilities Intermediaries Association (UIA) as a partner for this year's event on 4 November at Glaziers Hall, London.

UIA represents third party intermediaries (TPIs) across the UK's business energy and water markets, the brokers and consultants many companies lean on for pricing, contracts and advice on getting the best deal.

It's a significant time for the sector, with Ofgem now developing legislation to bring TPIs under direct regulation, a topic likely to come up across the day alongside sessions on uncertainty in business energy costs and the wider regulatory outlook.

Get your ticket today: https://t.co/8HGDKNfN6S

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Are you getting the full value from the smart meters already on the wall?

Most homes now have a smart meter, but the data they produce is still not being used well. Used properly, it can help suppliers offer smarter tariffs and forecast demand more accurately, and give network operators a clearer picture of their networks.

Questions around data access, regulation and industry incentives are still holding progress back, and with MHHS migration underway, the choices made now will decide how much value the industry gets back from its investment.

To coincide with the launch of our latest report with Secure Meters, our free webinar, Being Smarter with Data and Metering: Unlocking the Full Value of Smart Meter Data, takes place on Tuesday 22 September at 11am.

In this 45-minute interactive session, we will cover:

- An overview of the report’s key findings on where the value in smart meter data sits and how to capture it
- The opportunities for suppliers and network operators, and the barriers still holding progress back, and what the industry can do about them
- What GB can learn from international smart metering programmes

The session closes with a live Q&A, so bring your questions for our experts and Secure Meters’ Group CEO Suket Singhal.

Register today: https://t.co/7Rqd1Bh9TI

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Flexibility is no longer just a winter story.

Heatwaves pushed up demand this summer and NESO issued four Electricity Margin Notices, highlighting the challenging conditions the GB electricity system now faces all year round.

In our latest blog, Ed Reed looks at how the flexibility landscape is changing, and what it means for the organisations operating in it. From the growing range of technologies now helping to balance the system, to the reforms opening the market up to smaller assets, and the commercial opportunity our own analysis expects to grow significantly by the end of the decade.

Read the blog: https://t.co/Wkbt7it4Zp

We also want to know what market capabilities the energy sector will need over the next five years. Have your say in the survey shaping the inaugural Cornwall Insight Energy Skills Index and get exclusive early access to the report: https://t.co/JfRTg4McpI

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Early bird pricing ends tomorrow, so there is just one day left to book your place at the lower rate.

After bringing together more than 250 senior leaders last year, CI Live returns to Glaziers Hall in London on 4 November for its second year.

This year's line-up includes:
• Greg Jackson CBE – Founder & CEO, Octopus
• Dhara Vyas – Chief Executive, Energy UK
• Chris Norbury – CEO, E.ON UK
• Angus McCarey – CEO, Uswitch

Plus many more senior voices from across the GB energy sector, with further speaker announcements still to come.

Expect a full day of high-level debate, market-leading insight and networking across plenary addresses, three expert panels and a choice of three interactive breakouts, digging into the questions that matter most for the GB energy transition.

Book by 11:59pm on Friday 11 September to secure the early bird pricing, 10% off.

Register today: https://t.co/8HGDKNffhk

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Can you plan your energy costs beyond the next few months with any confidence?

Wholesale prices are only part of the story. A growing share of what a business pays for its electricity is now set by network, system and policy charges, and those elements can move with limited notice or visibility. This is creating real challenges for organisations trying to budget, manage risk and plan investment with confidence.

Our free webinar, Business Energy Costs: Cutting Through the Uncertainty, takes place on Wednesday 16 September at 10am.

In this 30-minute interactive session, we will cover:

- Where we see business energy costs heading
- What is driving the uncertainty across network, system and policy charges
- What this means for budgeting, procurement and investment decisions

The session runs as a live Q&A, so bring your questions for our experts.

Register today: https://t.co/T88ipjQpuU