Derek Lickorish MBE

NEA's President's Group. Chairman of Utilita & NPGrid NIEG, S'metering Adviser, Trustee SF. PV, Heat Pump & local DUOS charging advocate.Tweets personal views.

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@JayneSeckerSky @UtilitaEnergy Thank you for the opportunity to say so too!

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@airindia Your staff understand what you are trying to do. They have clearly bought into a vision. You can tell that just by what they ask and say. Congratulations Air India

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

Flew @airindia from Mumbai to Udaipur. Your staff have the right mindset, it is customer first every time, and I experienced that! . #AIFans #FlyAI

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@g__j @fllip_flop But all the renewable assets receive subsidies paid for by all customers and the contracts have many years to run. The direction of travel for locational pricing may be right, but we cannot ignore where we are today. Perhaps look more creatively @ TUOS and DUOS as first step?

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

Congratulations Minister Fahnbulleh on Wednesday's meeting and for the engaging way in which you articulated the change from the previous government's behaviours to a very welcome collaborative approach.  I am sure I am not alone in thinking that we really can work together.

[Miatta Fahnbulleh @Miatsf]

Despite the tough inheritance, this Government will do everything we can to help vulnerable families.

I had a positive meeting with energy suppliers today about the steps we can take together to support those struggling to pay their bills this winter.

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

Along with other suppliers I will meet Miatta Fahnbulleh - Energy Consumers Minister on Wednesday. The sooner we recognise this is an affordability issue due to insufficient income the sooner we will solve it. A social discount/larger WHD could be implemented now!

[The World at One @BBCWorldatOne]

OFGEM has confirmed the cap on energy prices is going up.

Derek Lickorish, chairman of Utilita and former chair of the government’s Committee on Fuel Poverty, tells #BBCWato he is concerned this, along with scrapping the winter fuel payment, will worsen fuel poverty.

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

Not just those that have health issues, but also those who live in hard to heat properties due to a range of issues and all exacerbated by a low income. All roads lead to the Treasury, all previous reviews of this old idea fail to stack up without tax payer subsidy to the poor.

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@BillBullen Welcome aboard, great to have you join the Team!

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@Adam_Grant_Bell Well said Adam, it would also be timely to remind folks how much it costs and that super- conductivity at realistic temperatures, has yet to developed for even a very modest scale.

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@NationalGridESO Meanwhile, I watched the Rampion 1 Windfarm (400MW today planning another 1200MW) yesterday just off the Brighton coast, to see it was clearly constrained off! It would be insightful to know the capacity conundrum that created that and what would have solved it.

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@theheatinghub Good to see these intractable issues being aired. But Standing Charges to unit rates, and levies to gas, hurts those at home all day - the sick, pensioners, unemployed, and poor in leaky homes. The Treasury is overdrawn. Yes, it would benefit those with/want EVs and HPs.

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

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[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

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[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@Adam_Grant_Bell @DrSimEvans @racheljanetwolf @RichHallCA While Chair of FPAG we constantly proposed Taxation. The sick and elderly would be disproportionately impacted if not, and they do not have the capital to change to HP. This winter will be dire and cold for many without adding anymore costs to gas. All roads lead to the Treasury

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@guynewey

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@neil_fergusson Hi Neil, this data is Utilita’s actual self disconnection data for electricity meters. We have a surveillance process every 5 minutes 24/7 to detect self-disconnection from which we try to make contact and seek to get supply restored by various means.

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

Self-disconnections are increasing at an alarming rate following the ending of government's energy support - this a red flag for Government that help is urgently needed for this winter. A Social Discount is the way forward and we have the mechanism and process to make it happen

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

Energy Bills will remain high for the foreseeable future and unaffordable for many. More Government help will be needed for this winter.

[National Energy Action @NEA_UKCharity]

Earlier this month, #EnergyBills dropped slightly. However, 6.6 million households are still in #FuelPoverty. If you're able, then please consider setting up a regular donation so we can help people who are most in need: https://t.co/F3vJzTSCYQ

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

Government must not leave help for this winter until the last minute and give the poorest and vulnerable peace of mind now.

[National Energy Action @NEA_UKCharity]

Energy prices will drop tomorrow, but this coincides with some Government support schemes ending. Our chief executive @adam_scorer says, 'There is an urgent case for using at least £3 billion of underspent resources from recent programmes to help these very vulnerable groups.'

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

@Adam_Grant_Bell Excellent. But an EV charger + modest heat pump synchronised by TOU tariff to local similar devices in cold weather could well be 12 to 15KW per household. The RTS trials and its evolution in the 80s & similar anxieties were solved by built in diversity. But this is another level

[Derek Lickorish MBE @DALickorish]

Utilita’s smart meter prepayment data demonstrates the power of digital connectivity enabling financially vulnerable households to stay on supply. Old traditional prepay meters should be banned. Our latest fuel poverty report: https://t.co/ectC5IFHQP