By Hazel Cockerill, Head of Trading & Renewables, Evolve Energy UK industrial and commercial (I&C) organisations have spent a decade building renewable energy strategies on a single instrument. One Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGO) per megawatt-hour consumed: clean, auditable, Ofgem-recognised. For a market where renewable output was growing steadily and ESG scrutiny was still finding its footing, that model was sufficient. It no longer is. The certificate model under pressure ...

UK industrial and commercial (I&C) energy users have long relied on Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) to evidence their renewable power sourcing – but this once-stable system is starting to show cracks.