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Armitt: Water sector has a lot of catching up to do

The head of the National Infrastructure Commission, John Armitt, has emphasised the challenge facing water companies in the coming five years and beyond to secure water supplies now and into the future. Marking the official submission of companies' water resource management plans, Armitt said the lack of reservoirs built over the past 30 years mean firms have significant ground to make up.

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Utility Week Awards 2023 deadline approaches

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Heat pump proposals ‘cut all the wrong corners’

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Ofgem cracks down on excess balancing profits

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Junior minister replaces Shapps as energy secretary

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Eon launches bereavement tool

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Tideway boss pockets £1.7m bonus

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Helm: Breaking up Thames would be a good start

Economist Dieter Helm has proposed dividing beleaguered Thames into two public limited companies with simplified ownership to improve management and prevent financial engineering. The sector's long-term critic also took Ofwat to task for not taking steps to strip poorly-performing companies of their licences and proposed reverting to the single-company structures of the original privatised companies.

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Take Peterborough’s lead to deliver 7GW more rooftop solar

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Cadent claims 40GW of wind can produce hydrogen for heat

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Shapps drops hydrogen levy on suppliers

Electricity and gas suppliers will not be liable for the government’s controversial hydrogen levy, Grant Shapps has confirmed. However, concerns have been raised that prices for consumers will still end up being impacted by gas shippers paying the levy.

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