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Ofwat sets ‘very problematic’ revised PR24 schedule

Ofwat sets ‘very problematic’ revised PR24 schedule

Ofwat may not make its final rulings on water companies' £100 billion business plans until the end of January 2025, just two months before the next asset management period begins. Senior water company figures told Utility Week that the revised timetable is "very problematic" and "borderline ridiculous".

1 year ago

ESO may ‘snatch defeat from the jaws of victory’ over DFS penalty proposals

1 year ago

Labour promises ‘much tougher’ regulation of energy market

1 year ago

Ofgem to extend bad debt support provision in price cap

1 year ago

Let’s be pragmatic – not dogmatic – about the future of gas

1 year ago

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For a better future, we must learn from the past

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How to keep talking when the power goes out

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On the Move: SSE CEO joins Anglian

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More suppliers sign up for ESO’s demand flexibility service

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Transforming the energy market for a sustainable net-zero future

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Kraken boosts networks offering with Depsys acquisition  

3 years ago

Offshore wind already cheaper than onshore – Shapps

The new business and energy secretary of state has claimed that offshore wind procured through the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction round will be cheaper than equivalent power generated onshore. Grant Shapps made the claim as he was pressed repeatedly to end the confusion surrounding whether government is relaxing planning rules in England for onshore wind.

3 years ago

Hollick demands answers from EA on pollution inspections

3 years ago

DNOs get green light for £22.2bn of investment over ED2

3 years ago

Purpose is important: We want jobs that contribute to net zero

3 years ago

October saw switching spike

3 years ago

CCW: We must change how people view water

3 years ago

Can FOMO drive a utilities sector revolution?

Fewer than one in ten consumers want service innovation from their utilities according to new consumer research. But many utilities have hung their hats on a shift into high value solution provision as an escape route from unsustainable market norms and the pressures of the climate emergency. Can fear of missing out on strategic goals drive the market changes needed to flip consumer sentiment? Utility Week explores the challenge.

3 years ago

Three grand challenges for the energy market

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Heat pump scheme take-up ‘lower than anticipated’

3 years ago

Shapps gives green lights to energy bill and Sizewell

The government is resuming work on its delayed energy security bill as part of a package of measures to help implement prime minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to secure British energy independence. The energy secretary also confirmed the government will provide £700 million worth of backing for EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear plant, enabling Chinese state-backed CGN to be bought out from the project.

3 years ago

NIC calls for drainage investment to ease surface flooding

3 years ago

Charity warns of ‘unsafe’ PPM installations in disabled households

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Shapps signals backdown on wind farm curbs

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Ministers backtrack on energy advice campaign

3 years ago

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