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Proposed data centre connection reforms: Ofgem consults on new measures to reform the connections queue
In its February 2026 Call for Input on Demand Connections Reform (the “Call for Input” – see our previous article), Ofgem introduced a number of proposals focussing on the issue of the grid having insufficient capacity for the growing “queue” of applications from demand projects (particularly data centres) seeking grid connections. One of these workstreams broadly aims to reduce demand capacity in connection queues by removing what it sees as “less viable” / “more speculative” projects.
Eviction notices as deal flow
Originally posted by @James Wright: Thanks Stephen! In Louisville, you can go to the hall of justice on Jefferson and go to the small claims/evictions clerk's office on the third floor and ask them which courtroom landlord tenant court is happening in. Right outside of that courtroom is a long list of the eviction cases on the docket for the day. As for how to get that information ahead of time, things may get much easier when the state court system moves to e-filing...
Establishing the National Energy System Operator
01/10/2024 Introduction and background As of today, 1 October 2024 (“NESO Commencement Day”), Great Britain’s (“GB’s”) electricity and gas system will be planned and operated by a newly designated independent, publicly owned organisation – the National Energy... Read more
A Touch of Class: Update on Electricity Licence Exemptions Consultation
26/07/2023 It has been almost three years since the UK Government published its October 2020 short call for evidence (the “Consultation”) on reform of the electricity licence exemptions regime in Great Britain (see our previous Law-Now on this here). However, the Department... Read more
A Touch of Class: Update on Electricity Licence Exemptions Consultation
It has been almost three years since the UK Government published its October 2020 short call for evidence (the “Consultation”) on reform of the electricity licence exemptions regime in Great Britain (see our previous Law-Now on this here). However, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (“DESNZ”) has now moved things along by publishing a summary of the responses received (the “Response Summary”) together with a brief indication of its proposed next steps.
Lydia Marie DeWitt and Mary Butler Kirkbride: Prototypical Circa-Early-1900s Women of Pathology and an Analysis of Their Contributions to the Discovery of Insulin - PubMed
Skip to main page content Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation Save citation to file Format: Add to My Bibliography Your saved search Name of saved search: Search terms: Frequency: Which day? Which day? Report format: Send at most: Send even when there aren't any new results Optional text in email: Create a file for external citation management software doi: 10.5858/arpa.2023-0060-HP. Online ahead of print.
One step closer to piping away the carbon dioxide: UK Government updates the Business Model for CCUS transport and storage
One step closer to piping away the carbon dioxide: UK Government updates the Business Model for CCUS transport and storage 11/07/2023 On 23 June 2023, the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (“DESNZ”) published an update (the “TRI Update”) on the proposals for the CO2 transport and storage (“T&S”) Regulatory Investment (“TRI”) business model. The TRI model consists of an...
MLK Peace Walk to Highlight Voting Rights Legislation Passage Effort
**FILE** Martin Luther King III, son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will participate in the District's Jan. 17 peace walk honoring the life and work of his father. (Robert R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer) Several family members of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will join the District’s peace walk on Jan. 17, the federal holiday commemorating King, to encourage the U.S. Senate and the Biden administration to focus on passing voting rights legislation.
D.C. Residents Remember U.S. Capitol Riot of 2021
**FILE** The protest on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol where domestic terrorists disguised as protestors sought to overthrow the government. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer) The U.S. Capitol riot that occurred one year ago on Jan. 6 has District leaders and residents remembering that day with hopes that it will never happen again. “There were a lot of lessons learned that day,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said on MSNBC on Jan. 2.
D.C. Redistricting Shifts to Advisory Neighborhood Commissions
**FILE** Christina Henderson (Courtesy photo) District leaders have turned their attention to redrawing advisory neighborhood commission and single-member district borders after completing the city’s eight ward lines in December. “Many people believe that redistricting is over now that the new ward boundaries are in place,” said D.C. Council member Christina Henderson (I-At Large), a member of the redistricting subcommittee.
D.C. Officials Ramp Up Vaccine Push with Latest Policy Decisions
As omicron takes center stage as the dominant coronavirus variant among the thousands of recently reported COVID-19 cases, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the city council have taken measures to further compel District residents to get vaccinated and boosted. On Wednesday, Bowser announced that, within a matter of weeks, owners of certain public gathering spaces would be required to check the vaccination status of patrons 12 and older.
D.C. Resident Brandon Andrews Champions Entrepreneurship Among Blacks
Brandon Andrews is a Ward 5 resident who owns and works for a few District businesses. (Courtesy photo) Ward 5 resident Brandon Andrews owns or has become involved in a few District businesses that reveal his belief in the benefits of entrepreneurship. He says adamantly, that Blacks should take a chance and start their own firms. “Everybody can be an entrepreneur,” Andrews said in an interview with the Informer. “Everyone has the ability to open up a business or start a non-profit.
D.C. Council Set to Change Configuration of Wards 7 and 8
The Navy Yard will move from Ward 6 to Ward 8 under a new redistricting plan. (Courtesy photo) The D.C. Council has in the works major changes to the city’s ward system through the redistricting process. On Dec. 7, the council voted 11-1 to support a ward redistricting plan supported by Chairman Phil Mendelson that slightly tweaked the blueprint a subcommittee submitted last month. The new redistricting plan left the subcommittee’s proposal largely intact except for major changes in Ward 6, 7 and 8.
D.C. Activists Lend a Hand in Barber's Poor People's Campaign Rally
Bishop William Barber II is the co-leader of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. (WI file photo) District residents joined hundreds of political and anti-poverty activists from around the country at Capitol Square on Dec. 13 to urge the U.S. Senate to move forward on the Build Back Better plan and voting rights legislation but voiced concerns that D.C. statehood legislation received no attention. “I am here today because we need to ‘Get it Done in 21,’” said the Rev.
D.C. Attorney General Racine Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Capitol Riot Participants
Attorney General Karl A. Racine explains his legal action against groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers for their role in the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Dec. 14 on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer) On Tuesday, D.C. Attorney General Karl A.
The AFRO's Edgar Brookins Loses His Battle With Cancer
Edgar Brookins Edgar Brookins, the longtime circulation and general manager of the Washington AFRO-American Newspaper, died on Dec. 1 after a long battle with prostate cancer. Brookins, 74, died at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Frances Murphy II, the publisher of the Washington AFRO, appointed Brookins as circulation manager in 1989 after interacting with him at a social event.
Poll Shows Mobile Voting Popular with D.C. Residents
A recent poll conducted in the District shows that mobile voting — casting a ballot by way of smartphones, iPads or computers – has overwhelming support and a movement has started to implement it as a part of the city’s election system. On Dec. 2, Hart Research in concert with Tusk Philanthropies Mobile Voting Project released a poll showing that 70% of District residents support casting a ballot using digital tools. Five hundred likely 2022 voters between Nov. 1 and Nov.
Ward 7's Pennsylvania Avenue East Should be Upgraded, Report Says
The intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in southeast D.C. (Courtesy photo) A recent retail marketing analysis reveals that Pennsylvania Avenue East in Ward 7 — the portion of the street that goes east from the John Sousa Bridge to the Prince George County, Md., line — has the potential to become a major commercial thoroughfare in the city with the help of the District government.
D.C. Delta Sigma Theta Chapter Sponsors Political Training for Women
**FILE** Sheila Bunn (WI photo) A District chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., has held a training academy for the past several years designed to help young women learn about and become engaged in the city’s political process. The Federal City Alumnae Chapter of Delta sponsors the Claudia L. McKoin Public Service & Leadership Training Academy annually beginning each January.
D.C. Neighborhood Commissioners Mull Next Agency Leader's Values
Tyrell M. Holcomb, chairman of the 7F Commission in Ward 7 (WI file photo) The sudden resignation of longtime D.C. Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commission Executive Director Gottlieb Simon in October has commissioners pondering the qualities they want in a permanent successor. Advisory neighborhood commissions (ANC) are non-partisan bodies of locally-elected representatives. Their administrative affairs are handled by the executive director.
Trash Pickup Drive Takes Place in Anacostia, Fairlawn Areas
Members of the Gamma Theta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. of Hampton University stand behind trash they helped pick up in Ward 8. (James Wright/The Washington Informer) Over 20 volunteers gathered on Nov. 27 to pick up trash in Ward 8’s Anacostia and Fairlawn neighborhoods. Salim Adofo, the chairman of the 8C advisory neighborhood commission who also chairs the District’s chapter of the National Black United Front, spearheaded the trash pickup.
D.C. Economy Grows as Jobless Claims Decline
A help wanted sign points to a better tomorrow. (Courtesy photo) The District has become part of the national trend of economic growth and falling unemployment claims despite the presence of the coronavirus pandemic. On Nov. 24, WTOP reported the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted the prior week to the lowest level in more than 50 years. Overall, two million Americans collected traditional unemployment the week that ended Nov. 13, down slightly from the week before.
Nonprofit Introduces Mobile Woodshop to Educate Future Carpenters
Margery E. Goldberg of the Zenith Community Arts Foundation cuts the wood (instead of a ribbon) in Northwest at the mobile woodshop that will be an experimental learning center. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer) A nonprofit that promotes woodworking as an art form launched a mobile woodshop on Nov. 19 designed to primarily educate students at Ballou Senior High School’s STAY Opportunity Academy in Ward 8 in the trade of carpentry.
Former D.C. Council Members Consider Political Comebacks
Vincent Orange, Michael A. Brown and Harry Thomas Jr. are running for election. Orange and Thomas seek to return to the D.C. Council while Brown wants to represent the District of Columbia in Congress. (Courtesy photos) The 2022 election cycle has the potential for up to three former D.C. Council members either running to regain their seat or seeking a new office. Former District legislators Vincent Orange and Harry Thomas Jr. are running for the Ward 5 council seat both once held.
'Jobs Not Guns' Fair Draws Hundreds to Ward 8 Venue
The Building Blocks DC organization, charged with offering social services to those caught up in a life of crime and their victims, co-sponsors a job fair on Nov. 19 at the Entertainment Sports Arena in Ward 8. (Courtesy of WJLA-TV) Hundreds of District residents converged in Ward 8 to attend the “Jobs Not Guns” East of the River Recruitment Fair at the Entertainment & Sports Arena on Nov. 19 which offered employment and educational opportunities as an alternative to a life of crime.
Congressional Football Game Resumes After COVID-19, Capitol Riot
U.S. Reps. Byron Donalds (left) and Colin Allred are on opposite sides of the aisle politically but served as teammates at the recent Congressional Football Game. (James Wright/The Washington Informer) The Congressional Football Game resumed Nov. 3 at Audi Field in Southeast before 2,000 fans after being postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic and just 10 months after the U.S. Capitol insurrection that claimed the lives of several U.S. Capitol Police officers.
Black-Owned Firms Fuel Anacostia's MLK Gateway Project
Antwanye Ford, president and chief executive officer of Enlightened, Inc., speaks during the grand opening of MLK Gateway project Phase 1 as Bo Menkiti, president and chief executive officer of The Menkiti Group, listens. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer) The completed Phase I of the MLK Gateway project located in the predominantly Black “Historic Anacostia” neighborhood has largely been a venture both initiated and nurtured by African-American businesses. On Monday, Nov.
D.C. Remembers William R. Spaulding for His Service to Ward 5
William R. Spaulding served as the first Ward 5 council member from 1975-1987. (Courtesy photo) The late former D.C. Council member William Ridley Spaulding has received accolades from District residents for his pioneering work as a legislator as well as his efforts in the fields of education and community service. Spaulding died on Nov. 1 at the age of 97. He served as the first council member to represent Ward 5 in 1975.
Mayor Bowser Seeks Third Term to Continue Quality-of-Life Agenda
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser seeks to be the city's first mayor since Marion S. Barry Jr. elected to three consecutive terms. (Shevry Lassiter/Washington Informer) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she wants to serve a third term to continue the programs that she’s initiated in education, housing and public safety — all intended to improve the quality of life for city residents. “I am running for reelection because there is a lot more work to be done,” Bowser told The Informer on Nov. 8.
D.C. Council Examines Consumer Protection Bill for Student Loan Borrowers
D.C. Council members say they’re considering legislation that would ensure District residents have their consumer rights respected as student loan borrowers. On Oct. 25, the Committee on Business and Economic Development and the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety held a joint hearing on the New Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights Amendment Act of 2021.
Colin Powell Remembered as 'Great Lion' During Funeral Sevice
Thousands of mourners, including President Joe Biden and former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, converged Friday on the Washington National Cathedral to pay tribute to Colin Powell at a private funeral service for the former secretary of state. Powell was praised throughout the ceremony for his work as the first Black to serve as secretary of state, chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff and national security adviser.
Experts Offer Financial Advice to D.C.'s Domestic Violence Victims
Domestic violence experts in the District say victims are traumatized not only physically, mentally and emotionally but also financially and note they have recommendations to prevent financial abuse. “The financial abuse of domestic violence victims needs to be talked about any and everywhere,” said Dawn Dalton, executive director of the D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Kevin Hart Advises Blacks to Become Financially Literate
**FILE** Actor Kevin Hart poses during 'The Upside' Screening and Conversation with Kevin Hart at 92nd Street Y on November 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images) World-renowned comedian and actor Kevin Hart stressed the importance of African Americans becoming more financially literate as a means of living a better life and achieving their goals.
D.C. Council Considers Pro Bono Expansion Bill
Rhonda Cunningham Holmes, executive director of the Legal Counsel for the Elderly (Courtesy photo) A bill before the D.C. Council, The Pro Bono Legal Representation Expansion Amendment Act of 2021, authored by D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), would change regulations and allow District government lawyers to provide pro bono or free legal services to the public if no conflict of interest exists with their employment.
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Orange Seeks Return to Ward 5 Seat
**FILE** Vincent Orange (Courtesy photo) Former D.C. Council member Vincent Orange wants to return to the District’s legislative body by reclaiming his old seat as the Ward 5 lawmaker and reminding voters of his experience and successes. “VO is back,” Orange told the Informer on Oct. 21. “I plan to make my candidacy public for the Ward 5 seat on or before Nov. 4. This is now an open seat. I did a lot for a ward when I represented it on the Council.
Robert White Targets Jobs, Crime and Schools in His Mayoral Quest
**FILE** D.C. Council Robert White (WI photo) D.C. Council member at-large Robert White says his goals as District mayor remain simple: increase economic and job opportunities for vulnerable residents, fight crime and improve the city’s public school system. “I am excited about running for mayor of my hometown,” White, 39, said. “I never saw this in my future. I grew up in the ‘80s and the ‘90s when the crack cocaine epidemic gripped the city. It was a rough time in D.C. but we had a lot of hope.
Protesters Call for Extension of D.C.'s Rent-Relief Program
**FILE** The District of Columbia is expected to soon resume evictions and has made a push to help residents in need with the STAY DC program. (DR Barnes/The Washington Informer) Demonstrators in D.C. took to the streets this weekend in protest of the impending end of a city program providing rental and utility assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. The protesters at Sunday’s rally outside the John A.
D.C. Council's Kenyan McDuffie to Run for Attorney General
D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie announces his bid for the city's attorney general during an Oct. 21 press conference outside his Ward 5 home. (Courtesy of McDuffie via Twitter) D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie said Thursday he will run for the city’s attorney general, foregoing a reelection bid to pursue the soon-to-be-vacated position.
Ward 8 Leaders Support Expanding into Ward 6
A map of D.C.'s eight wards (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Leaders in Ward 8 say they’re looking forward to people who live in the eastern portion of Ward 6 becoming their neighbors as a result of the redistricting process. “It’s simple arithmetic,” said Markus Batchelor, who represented Ward 8 on the D.C. Board of Education from 2017-2021. “There are ways this could go as far as redistricting is concerned.
SNCC Celebrates Historic 60th Anniversary with Focus on Today's Inequities
Charlie Cobb is a journalist, author and board member of the SNCC Legacy Project. (Courtesy photo) The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with a virtual convention that focused on its history and how activism can help people of color during their present struggles. “This conference will be intergenerational,” Charlie Cobb, a former SNCC activist in the 1960s, said on WIN-TV’s Oct. 8 edition.
Bowser Appears Unfazed by Council Members' Bids for Mayor in 2022
**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser may not have decided whether she’ll seek reelection next year, but the prospect of running against Council members Robert White and Trayon White doesn’t seem to concern her much. Bowser, speaking Thursday at an event in Ward 1, appeared nonchalant when asked about the matter.
Two D.C. Council Members Announce Candidacy for Mayor; AG Racine Rules Out Reelection Bid
**FILE** D.C. Council member Trayon White of Ward 8 (WI photo) Two D.C. Council members reportedly have decided to run for mayor in 2022, while the city’s attorney general has indicated he will not pursue reelection or any other elected office. Council member Robert White (D-At Large) filed paperwork Wednesday with the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance to run in the June 2022 Democratic primary for the city’s top political position.
Wade Opens Funeral Business in D.C.
Staff of the Kendal Wade Funeral Home & Cremation Services LLC (from left0 London Shepherd, Kendra Barnes, Lashawn Wade, Ann Taylor, Brenda Wade, Ocie Miller, Marques Dyer, Caleb Camara and seated left to right are Toria Walker and Kendal Wade. (Photo courtesy of Esinej Photography LLC) Kendal Wade has become known in the Washington, D.C., area as a candidate for political office and law enforcement officer but recently became a funeral home owner in the District.
D.C.-Supported Capital Funding Program Mystifies Black Business Leaders
Karima M. Woods, commissioner of the D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (WI file photo) The District’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking program to procure more capital for Black enterprises is robust but Black business leaders say they know little about it. DISB Commissioner Karima M. Woods recently talked about the DC BizCAP Program to the Informer.
Fletcher-Johnson Project in Southeast D.C. Now In Its Formative Stages
The former Fletcher-Johnson Middle School and Recreation Center is set to become a mixed-use development in northeast D.C. (WI file photo) The shuttered Fletcher-Johnson Middle School and Recreation Center located in the Marshall Heights neighborhood of southeast Washington remains in the early stages of its transformation to a mixed-used development, Mayor Bowser’s project manager said Oct. 9.
Black Females Play Prominent Roles During Women’s March 2021
The 2021 Women's March held Oct. 2 in the District and in cities throughout the U.S. included celebrity guests and a message which focused on reproductive choice. Cristan Williams joined his friends Julian Hurp, Winter BreeAnne and Alexis Stewartson as they marched to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case for D.C. Statehood
The Supreme Court of the October 2021 term (Courtesy photo) The U.S. Supreme Court began the new term on Monday with an agenda that includes a variety of controversial issues from voter representation and gun rights to a woman’s access to abortion services. In one of its first actions on Monday, the justices chose not to interfere with a ruling of a lower court that said District residents don’t have the right to voting representation in the U.S. Congress.
As Redistricting Process Begins, Ward 6 Leaders Have their Say
City leaders face challenges redrawing the District of Columbia’s ward boundaries. (Courtesy photo) The consideration of redrawing the ward boundaries in the District — redistricting — has started and some Ward 6 leaders are making it clear to the D.C. Council what they think the priorities should be during the three-month process.
Funeral Expense Aid Available for Families of COVID-19 Victims
Families in D.C. who have lost a loved one to the coronavirus can apply for a federal program through the city government to help pay for funeral expenses. The D.C. Department of Homeland Security (HSEMA) supervises the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program. Dr. Chris Rodriguez, the director of HSEMA, said the U.S. Congress started the program as a part of its effort to help people deal with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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