Charles Hargreaves is Head of Environmental Programmes at Ofgem. Charles is responsible for the oversight of the government’s existing environmental obligations aimed at promoting electricity generation from renewable sources and household energy efficiency that Ofgem administers on the behalf of government. Charles has been in his current position since the beginning of 2008. Prior to his current role he was Head of Energy Efficiency at Ofgem, with the responsibility for managing the energy suppliers’ compliance with the Energy Efficiency Commitment. Throughout his time in Ofgem Charles has worked extensively with Government on the development and monitoring of the environmental programmes.
Before joining Ofgem Charles worked in economic consulting and in academia, predominantly on the forecasting of UK energy demand and the consequent carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide emissions. These forecasts were produced for a range of clients including government, utilities and NGOs.