Bloomberg The UK will extend its price cap for energy bills beyond 2023 as it seeks to help 22 million households cope with rising costs. The measure, announced during the annual Queen’s Speech to Parliament, is in the government’s Energy Security Bill. It aims to provide the legal framework needed to achieve ambitious net-zero emissions goals while keeping energy …

  Bloomberg Electricite de France (EDF) SA warned that unusually warm river temperatures are likely to force it to reduce nuclear output at time when about half the country’s reactors are already offline. With air temperatures in Paris forecast to climb above 25 degrees celsius (77 Fahrenheit) this weekend, some of the rivers used to cool EDF’s nuclear power plants …

Bloomberg China’s central bank repeated a pledge to proactively address mounting economic pressure and also highlighted a drop in deposit rates, a decline that could spur banks to lower the cost of borrowing for the first time in months. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) reaffirmed it will focus on supporting small businesses, sectors and groups hit by Covid-19 outbreaks, …