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Water company Severn Trent will bring together all its Welsh customers into a single company called Hafren Dyfrdwy from 1 July.
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“Renewable energy” is taken to mean energy from sources that are non-polluting, sustainable or carbon neutral by 43 per cent of respondents to a recent survey.
Almost three quarters of people in the energy sector are finding it hard to keep up with new technological developments such as blockchain, cloud and big data.
National Grid’s chief executive struck a positive note today (17 May) as the networks operator revealed underlying pre-tax profits up 4 per cent to £2.68 billion.
The government has pledged to publish an action plan outlining how it intends to overcome the operational and technical bugbears holding back delivery of its smart meter programme by the end of this year.
Former House of Commons and National Assembly clerk Paul Silk has been appointed chair of Glas Cymru’s selection panel for its independent members.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released a timetable for the second phase of its investigation into the planned merger between Innogy’s Npower and the retail arm of SSE.
Invicta Water, which trades as Water Choice in the non-domestic water retail market, has been acquired by Castle Water for an undisclosed sum.
South West Water has been awarded £2 million from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for a three-year project to restore peatland on the South West’s moors.
A leaked internal email from Npower owner Innogy states it is “extremely concerned” it will bear the brunt of thousands of job cuts planned as part of a major shakeup of the European energy industry.
Thames Water has reduced work-related illness absence by more than 75 per cent in the last five years with the help of a mental health virtual reality (VR) training course.
Npower profits rose by more than a quarter over the first three months of 2018 as continued customer losses were offset by increased demand and reduced costs.
Severn Trent will make its energy usage data public, so experts and enthusiasts can look for ways the water company could make energy savings in the future.
The water sector’s war on wet wipes has reached new heights, as the government wades into the environmental debate. Utility Week reports.
Chief executive Iain Conn remained upbeat as British Gas owner Centrica has filed its quarterly results. Updating shareholders ahead of the company’s AGM, he said: “2018 has begun well and overall financial performance in the year to date has been good, despite high competitive intensity in all our markets.”
Southern Water aims to close it subsidiary finance company in the Cayman Islands by the end of this year in a bid to increase trust with customers.
Some of England’s most historic sites are set to become more energy efficient as Ecotricity has launched a partnership with English Heritage.
Yorkshire Water has launched a flooding reduction project called “Soak it up” to collect rainwater and help reduce the amount of water in the firm’s network of pipes and sewers.
Southern Water plans to reduce its staff members by approximately 150 people within management and support roles as it looks to become more efficient.
Liv Garfield, the chief executive of Severn Trent has been named Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the year.