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Water companies have hit back at Jeremy Corbyn’s attack on the industry’s privatisation, which he described as a “failed and unpopular experiment”.
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"Debt recovery is repetitive and process heavy, requiring the management of a significant amount of often disparate customer information"
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.
Labour has called for no trade-off between government backing for a nuclear power station in north Wales and a pioneering tidal lagoon plant in Swansea.
Greg Clark has signalled a shift in the government’s long-standing block on direct investment in nuclear energy as he announced the next phase of talks on Horizon’s Wylfa Newydd plant.
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”.
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Greg Clark is due to make an announcement this evening on nuclear power in which he is expected to give the go ahead for plans to build a new atom plant in north Wales.
Sembcorp Industries has agreed to buy flexible generation company UK Power Reserve (UKPR) from the
The government is making a “historic mistake” by rejecting the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project, Ed Davey has warned, following reports of its imminent demise.
A funding deal for the proposed Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant in North Wales will be outlined by ministers next week, according to reports in the Times and Financial Times.
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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”.
In successive days, the three remaining quoted water companies, Severn Trent, United Utilities and Pennon, reported their full-year results for 2017/18.
SSE is to invest £350 million in a new 840MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station at Keadby in North Lincolnshire.
SSE has announced plans to raise its gas and electricity prices for dual fuel customers on its standard variable tariff by an average of 6.7 per cent, starting on 11 July.
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee has announced an inquiry into efforts to kickstart carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS).
Falling wholesale power prices due to the growth of renewables could, if unchecked, jeopardise investment in additional capacity in coming years, according to new research from Cornwall Insight.
Severn Trent’s new thermal hydrolysis plant (THP) at its biggest sewage treatment works in Minworth, near Birmingham is starting to become operational, with 100 tonnes of sludge being processed daily.