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Eustice urges Coffey to hold her nerve on single social tariff

Former environment secretary George Eustice has appealed to his successor to reconsider her objection to a single social tariff in water. Speaking to Utility Week as part of our Action on Bills campaign, Eustice lamented "short term fudges" that fail to solve the problem of water poverty and revealed he left Defra with the policy groundwork for a national social tariff completed, arguing all that is needed now is for the department to "crack on and implement it.”

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Thames reveals £1.1bn plan to upgrade 250 treatment sites

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Suppliers increasingly in breach of legal requirements

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Another water company hit with record fine for sewage spills

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ESO failing to tackle grid connection woes

The electricity system operator (ESO) is failing to tackle transmission queue management problems, an influential group of MPs has claimed. The cross-party group said it welcomed National Grid ESO’s five point plan to tackle transmission queue management issues, published in February, but said the measures have “not proved successful to date”. They warn that failing to improve grid connections puts the UK’s target of a fossil-fuel free grid by 2035 at risk.

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South West slapped with record fine for sewage failures

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MPs vote for energy scrutiny committee chair

Scottish National MP Angus MacNeil has been elected as chair of the House of Commons new Energy Security and Net Zero Committee. The committee has been established to scrutinise the work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), which was set up earlier this year.

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Limited ‘window of opportunity’ to bolster UK infrastructure

The UK is at risk of missing the “window of opportunity” to prepare the country’s infrastructure for the effects of climate change, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and Climate Change Committee (CCC) have warned. The two organisations have urged ministers to urgently develop more effective plans to improve the resilience of infrastructure, in a joint letter sent to deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden and environment secretary Thérèse Coffey. They warn that not doing so puts the country’s infrastructure at risk.

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National Gas Transmission wins funding for hydrogen ‘backbone’

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Shapps: Levy likely to be introduced to fund social tariff

Grant Shapps has hinted that any social tariff for low-income households is likely to be paid for via a levy. Giving evidence to the House of Lords environment and climate change committee, the energy secretary revealed that he and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are likely to consult on the introduction of a social tariff this autumn. Shapps was also pressed to give more clarity on the government’s timetable for a decision on the future of home heating.

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Utility Week calls for Action on Bills

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Thames chair Ian Marchant to step down

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Water Industry Awards finalists revealed

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Drought fears despite high reservoir levels

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Drax ends coal generation

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Call for crackdown on faulty CSO monitors

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More than £160m in energy support vouchers remains unclaimed

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Scrap heat pump and solar planning rules, urges thinktank

Planning rules on the installation of rooftop solar panels and heat pumps should be scrapped, a new report by an influential right-wing thinktank has urged. The Policy Exchange’s report, Re-engineering regulation: an A-Z of reform, outlines 26 case studies of regulation with "unintended, perverse consequences".

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Energy UK estimates £1bn debt increase

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National Grid closes motorway to install T-Pylon wires

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