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United Utilities is warning people not to swim in reservoirs and lakes after two men drowned, in unrelated incidents, yesterday (5 June) in reservoirs in Bolton and Gorton.
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United Utilities was fined £200,000 with additional costs of £54,000 agreed at a sentencing hearing in Bolton Crown Court yesterday (5 June) for drinking water offences in 2015.
Anglian Water has taken just under three months to remove its Cayman Islands subsidiary from its financial structure.
Water companies have defended the pay of their chief executives and said they are delivering for customers, after the GMB union branded nine water CEOs “fat cats”.
SES Water has switched to renewable electricity for all its treatment works, pumping stations and offices in a move it describes as a “major step forward” for its environmental commitments.
Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) has pledged to eradicate water poverty across its supply areas by 2030.
Small energy supplier Iresa has failed to meet targets to improve customer service and faces an extension on the ban, which prevents it taking on new customers.
Ofgem has launched an investigation into the way Utility Warehouse manages its customers who are in debt.
Pennon Group and its subsidiary South West Water have signed £80 million worth of green finance deals as part of the company’s “commitment to sustainable finance”.
Ofgem has alleged that energy suppliers Economy Energy and E (Gas and Electricity), along with consultancy firm Dyball Associates, have breached competition law.