As temperatures began to dip this week the heat ramped up over the UK government’s measures to keep the lights on. Plans to bring forward investment in new gas-fired power faltered with the news that a project which won a capacity contract almost a year ago is still searching for investment. And of more immediate concern is the coming winter which National Grid says will be tight, but manageable. Also feeling the political heat this week was Ofwat following a report from the National Audit Office which claims water companies enjoyed an unexpected windfall under the regulator’s watch. Ofwat boss Cathryn Ross was on hand at Utility Week Congress (held in Birmingham on 14/15 October) to say the headline findings don’t tell the full story.
INSIGHT – Editor’s Week
