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The average household water and sewerage bill in England and Wales for 2019-20 is set to rise by 2 per cent for a second year.
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Castle Water has agreed new financing facilities, which the company will use to pay water charges in advance to wholesalers including Thames Water, Scottish Water, South East Water and Portsmouth Water.
Bath-based Pure Planet has announced it is reducing membership fees to £151 below the default tariff cap.
Fresh mechanisms will be required to ensure that new decentralised generation is visible on the grid once the feed-in tariff (FIT) regime ends this March, an event heard last week.
Plans for Swansea Bay’s groundbreaking tidal power project have been revived with its backers claiming it can be built without public financial support.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has completed a £4 million improvement scheme ahead of schedule at Caugh Hill water treatment works outside Dungiven.
"I’m concerned about how we can significantly increase resilience while spending less than we currently do"
C-Capture has secured £3.5 million of equity funding from Drax, BP Ventures and IP Group
"While no company reached the dizzy heights of the exceptional category, the three companies, which are all listed on the London Stock Exchange, were placed in fast track"
Greencoat UK Wind has announced it has secured agreements to acquire almost 50 per cent stakes in the Stronelairg and Dunmaglass windfarms from SSE.
Scottish Power has entered into a partnership with AXA Partners to provide the big six supplier's customers with insurance.
The Office of National Statistics’ (ONS) has found the UK low carbon and renewable energy (LCRE) economy grew by 6.8 per cent to £44.5 billion in 2017.
Big six supplier Npower has today (31 January) confirmed 900 jobs are at risk due to "tough market conditions".
Water only company Affinity Water has moved from the top of the class with “enhanced” status for its business plan in PR14 to bottom of the class for the 2019 price review.
"While Ofwat has rightly lauded those companies that have made it into the fast-track category, I think it will be disappointed that none managed to reach the heights of exceptional"
Octopus Energy has posted a £5 million operating loss despite experiencing “rapid growth” in both customers numbers and turnover.
South West Water has been named as one of three water companies which have set a “new standard” for the sector as its business plan for 2020 to 2025 got the thumbs up from Ofwat.
Brighton-based supplier Toto Energy has expressed its concerns regarding the mutualisation process.
The Scottish government has confirmed its commitment to setting up a public-owned energy company despite last week’s collapse of Our Power.
