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One Minute Intervew: Anita Gupta, partner and head of Energy & Utilities group, DWF

Career history: Anita has been a partner at law firm DWF since 2004 and works

Clean break

Bring on the sub

Wessex Water is charging customers 50p a year to cross-subsidise discounts for those who can't afford their bills. Andy Pymer tells Karma Ockenden why the company has grasped the social tariff nettle

Fallon: future onshore wind should be left to the Scots

Householders set for renewable heat cash bonus

Energy and climate change secretary Greg Barker has confirmed that householders could get paid hundreds of pounds as part of the renewable heat incentive (RHI).

Readies and waiting

Green Deal Finance Company chief Mark Bayley has £300m available for Green Deal providers right now, and an eye to supplying £3bn by 2020. All he needs now are customers, he tells Trevor Loveday

Beware ministers bearing gifts

On the surface, government plans to streamline regulatory appeals seem sensible, but in practice they dilute utilities' ability to hold regulators and competition authorities to account, says Peter Willis

Enough isn’t enough

Judging by findings from Utility Week/Accent's latest Senior Executive Panel survey, the new version of the Water Bill should offer some comfort to the industry on resilience issues, but there is still a lot to be worked out. Karma Ockenden reports

European offshore wind sector grows but suffering financial slowdown

The European offshore wind sector has grown during the first half of 2013, but is suffering a financial slowdown, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).

Let’s get serious