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Advanced communications essential for delivering RIIO2

Deploying advanced communications to technologies that can deliver real customer value will be essential for network operators to ensure that more than £25 billion of spending under RIIO2 is invested wisely, says Dr Jon Hiscock, managing director of power technology specialist Fundamentals.

What are customers saying?

Don’t expect white paper to grab the headlines

With publication of the Energy White Paper still expected this month, Josh Buckland – who wrote an early draft of it – gives his view on what to expect.

A roadmap to eradicating water poverty

The CMA and Ofwat: Another nail in the coffin?

Arguing over price controls is now almost a full-time activity, laments professor and former regulator Stephen Littlechild. Writing for Utility Week, he suggests that the CMA appeals in water may represent an opportunity to overhaul the price control process and move towards a more productive and less confrontational approach.

Tech Talk: Sensing the future of LV networks

In our latest Tech Talk, Kelvatek's Samir Alilat looks at how networks can highlight and manage developing issues on cables, transformers and other assets before service levels and customer satisfaction are impacted.

Rising to the challenge

EIC managing director Denise Massey asks how we can shape the innovation required to decarbonise transport and logistics in utilities.

Plans for a green industrial revolution must be backed up by substance and investment

The path to net zero: Five challenges for 2021

Preparing for an infrastructure revolution