Katey Pigden

Scottish Water embarks on £15m environmental investment

Scottish Water’s multi-million pound investment project in Glasgow’s West End to help improve the environment and water quality in the River Kelvin is now underway.

NIC seeks views on how to improve utility regulation

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) is seeking views on how the current utilities regulation system is working and whether it has “systematically failed or succeeded” in several key areas.

Yorkshire Water starts analytics trial to help battle leakage

Yorkshire Water has started trialling smart analytics to find and fix leaks in its network with the aim of avoiding interruptions to services for customers.

Mitsubishi buys 20 per cent stake in Ovo Energy

Ovo Energy, the UK’s seventh largest energy provider, plans to expand internationally with a £200 million cash injection from Mitsubishi Corporation.

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Water firms and Network Rail partner to protect environment

An agreement between water companies and Network Rail now protects more than 600 vulnerable drinking water sources from herbicides that, if they reached the water, would require removal using expensive and energy-intensive treatment processes.

ENW restores power to 17,000 customers as Storm Erik hits

Engineers will continue to work through the day (Saturday) to restore power to the final 4,375 customers, with the majority of customers, 3,905 located in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria.

Electricity North West prepares for Storm Erik

Electricity North West said it is prepared and “on hand” for the first named storm of the year, Storm Erik, which forecasters predict will bring gusts of up to 70mph.

Thames launches water efficiency cash scheme for retailers

In what the company described as an “industry-first” non-domestic retailers will receive cash boosts for delivering measurable savings with their customers across “water-stressed” London and the Thames Valley.