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Ofwat sets out details of customer service licence condition

ESO to introduce greater price competition for DFS tests

CCC: Net zero row back ‘likely to increase bills’

Labour moots green social tariff

Wholesale market reform could deliver “permanent” social tariffs by scrapping existing “pile it high, sell it cheap” retail arrangements and enabling low income customers to benefit from cheaper, renewable electricity, Alan Whitehead has claimed. In a fringe meeting at the Labour Party conference, the shadow energy security minister outlined what he acknowledged is the opposition’s “not finalized” thinking on reforms to the retail and wholesale markets. If elected, an incoming Labour government’s “day one” priorities would include fixing the electricity grid and setting up its Great British Energy public company, he said.

PR24: Anglian seeks spending boost to £9bn

Anglian Water has proposed to spend more than £9 billion over the next asset management period – an increase of more than two thirds when compared to £5.3 billion of total expenditure allowed by Ofwat in its final determinations for PR19. Under its PR24 business plan for 2025 to 2030, the company said its expenditure on the environment would more than double to around £4 billion.

Market Stabilisation Charge will expire in 2024

Severn Trent adopts Kraken

Only 2% of British businesses investing in hydrogen

Ofgem proposes bill hikes to cover record supplier debt

Customer support low for decarbonising water industry

Despite low customer support in decarbonising water assets, the sector has proposed spending £1.3 billion in the next asset management period (AMP8) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as it works towards operational net zero in 2030 and true net zero by 2050. Utility Week unpicks each company's PR24 business plan to see where the proposed investment will be spent.

Yorkshire embarks on £10m wastewater upgrade

Yorkshire Water has begun £10 million upgrades to a wastewater treatment site in Dronfield to remove phosphorus from treated effluent and improve water quality in the river Drone. The project is part of a wider investment of £500 million to reduce excess nutrients entering waterways across Yorkshire's region.

Labour would hand FSO greater powers

A Labour government would hand greater powers to the Future Systems Operator (FSO) and give its public-owned GB Energy company scope to be lead investor on projects, Alan Whitehead has revealed. In a fringe meeting at the Labour Party Conference, the shadow energy security minister fleshed out the opposition’s reformation plans for the sector while ruling out nationalisation.

SSEN launches local network planning tool

Mass electric heating is ‘delusional’, says union boss

Rate of EV charger installs ramps up