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Eon has announced “important milestones” have been reached in its transaction to acquire Innogy from RWE.
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There have been too many bells and whistles in the reports published about the water retail market, promoting it as a success, according to Water2business managing director Charley Maher.
Citizens Advice has called on the government to extend its smart meter rollout by three years to 2023.
The company said it achieved operating profit earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (Ebitda) of DKK 8.6 billion (£1.3 billion), up 11 per cent compared to the same period last year.
"How do brands in the industry address the gap between what customers expect from them and what they actually deliver?"
Northern Powergrid has announced three key initiatives to be implemented this year to give its
Ofwat has today (8 August) rubber stamped the £120 million payments and penalties package Thames Water will pay for its poor leakage performance.
Ofgem is proposing to refuse National Grid’s requests to recover around £263 million from consumers
The regulator was investigating whether Iresa breached licence conditions and consumer complaints handling standards relating to treating customers fairly, complaints and call handling, customer switching, providing refunds and consideration of customers’ ability to pay when in debt.
Utilities will need to up their investment in replacing pipework and treatment plants as climate change increases pressure on the water infrastructure, engineers have warned.
Yorkshire Water plans to be an industry leader in bioresources as it looks to “drive innovation and efficiency” within the wider water sector.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has launched an app, which allows customers to report power cuts and network damage at the touch of a button. The company is also using robots for high-voltage power line inspections.
However novel and appealing the proposal is… the costs that would be incurred would be
Olympos Water has become the latest company to apply for a water supply and sewerage licence, hoping to create a multi-utility provider for the water retail market.
Centrica has boosted its electric vehicle (EV) business by investing in an Israeli charging operating system provider Driivz.
Welsh Water’s reservoir levels are below average for the time of year due to the prolonged dry spell and the company has urged customers to avoid “wasting water”.
The £2 million increases the authority’s total investment in the energy company, which it set up in 2016 to offer cheaper energy for local residents and reinvest any profits in the local community, to £26.2 million.
The company said the win builds on its “reputation as a specialist in the healthcare sector”, having recently secured contracts with the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and BMI Healthcare.
Electricity North West is trialling a range of cooling techniques at 100 of its substations to cut costs, as part of its £5.3 million Celsius project.
Greencoat Capital has acquired 100 per cent of two 5MW solar farms for an undisclosed