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Ofgem is in the process of choosing a supplier of last resort. Iresa which has less than 100,000 customers, had been banned from taking on new customers since March this year.
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As a water industry man of more than 20 years, Stanbrook has gone through a steep learning curve in the art of competing for customers in a sector that until a year ago had an entirely captive audience.
Rachel Fletcher, Ofwat’s chief executive said its role is “not to regulate customers’ water use” and instead it is challenging the sector to better tackle leakage.
The water company submitted three drought applications on 19 July to increase the amount of water it can take from Lake Ullswater, Lake Windermere and Ennerdale Water.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has lifted the country-wide hosepipe ban, which has been in force since 29 June. The ban was lifted at midday on 19 July after demand returned to “near normal levels”.
Anglian Water is embarking on the second phase of its push towards more on-site solar renewable energy generation at its water treatment sites.
The Environment Agency said water companies need to do more to protect the environment despite a gradual improving trend in environmental performance over recent years.
Thames Water will not be issuing more debt out of the Cayman entities and will transfer the functions to a UK plc over the next few months.
Steve Holliday, who was at the helm of National Grid for almost 10 years, will take over from Malcolm Brinded as the president of the Energy Institute in July 2019.