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We write eleven notes a year and stand behind all of them.

Independent energy and infrastructure analysis. Retained by nine organisations, none of whom see a note before it is published.

  1. 04 Sep 2026

    Why the interconnector will not fix the winter peak

    The case requires three assumptions to hold at once. Each is defensible alone.

    Energy · 9 pages · R. Vandermeer-Osei
  2. 18 Aug 2026

    What the water companies actually spent

    Capital programmes against the determinations, company by company, for AMP7.

    Water · 14 pages · A. Kowalczyk-Reid
  3. 02 Jul 2026

    Grid connection queues after the reform

    Six months of the new regime, and what has actually moved.

    Energy · 11 pages · R. Vandermeer-Osei
  4. 14 May 2026

    The rail enhancement pipeline, honestly counted

    Committed, announced, and neither — a reconciliation of three official lists.

    Transport · 22 pages · T. Ashworth-Blake