Water

Rising interest rates leave debt-laden utilities exposed

Reform or be renationalised, Helm warns water sector

Utility Week Awards finalists revealed

Judge slams Anglian’s company culture on pollution

Cox: Water sector has ‘lost public legitimacy’

On the Move: Scottish Water CEO; BEIS names second permanent secretary

Alex Plant, Anglian's director of strategy and regulation has been named as the new chief executive of Scottish Water to succeed Douglas Millican who will retire May 2023. Meanwhile, a second permanent secretary will re-join BEIS from HS2. Clive Maxwell, who was head of energy transformation in 2016/17 in the department, will work alongside Sarah Munby.

Party pledges spark utility fears

Following the party conferences and the recent political and economic turmoil, Utility Week policy correspondent David Blacks asks whether utilities have more to fear from the policies of the Conservatives or Labour.

Water companies urged to ramp up bills support

Water chiefs warn Lords over aging infrastructure

Defra ‘playing to the gallery’ on £250m pollution fines

The newly appointed environment secretary Ranil Jayawardena has promised the Environment Agency the much bigger stick its chief executive said was necessary to tackle pollution incidents by water companies. Utility Week spoke to an environmental regulation lawyer and sector executives about what the threat of £250 million fines could mean for the water industry and the likelihood of such penalties ever being enforced.

Weekend press round-up: Rees-Mogg accused of grabbing absolute power over energy industry

In our latest review of sector coverage in the national media, concern is raised about new legislation that would hand sweeping control over the energy sector to the secretary of state. There is also speculation the government wants to scrap the energy price cap; reports on job cuts at Scottish Power, and Thames Water topping the list of water company complaints.

The impact of economic turbulence on utilities

Ofgem mulls ban on forced PPM installations

Ofwat tells Yorkshire to recall £940m loans

Affinity ramps up financial support and efficiency campaign