coronavirus

Ofwat confirms cashflow measures and caps bad debt

Government ‘should subsidise business utilities costs for six months’

Yu Group chief executive Bobby Kalar believes business utility customers need more help from the government to recover following the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to Utility Week Kalar said unprecedented times called for corresponding measures to tackle the economic downturn.

Keeping Us Connected: Keeping us educated

Sharma pays tribute to utilities’ role in lockdown

Business secretary Alok Sharma has praised the utilities sector in what he described as an “unparalleled time” for the nation. Utility Week's Keeping Us Connected campaign will be used to urge the government to officially recognise the vital work the sector is doing during the pandemic.

ESO creates downward flexibility service to manage low summer demand

Keeping Us Connected: SSEN offers friendly ear to over-75s

EDF Energy to furlough around 400 field workers

The changing face of the utility company

Even before coronavirus, companies were increasingly moving towards a “triple bottom line”, where social and environmental impact are used as measures of success, alongside profit. Richard Wrigley of law firm Shakespeare Martineau looks at the legal issues for a company that is interested in expanding its corporate purpose from that of creating value for shareholders

Keeping Us Connected: How to build a hospital in nine days

Keeping Us Connected: Northern Gas Networks supports Age UK

Keeping us Connected: Northumbrian considers lockdown learnings

Eon CEO calls for mechanism to address bad debt

Eon UK chief executive Michael Lewis tells Utility Week that energy retailers should look at how the water sector is dealing with bad debt during the coronavirus pandemic. He insists that if the situation escalates, the energy retail sector “should not have to bear the risk of the non-collection of costs that suppliers collect on behalf of other parts of the industry”.

Ofwat to defer wholesale charges and adjust price cap

Jackson: Sector failing to unite on vulnerability

Greg Jackson has expressed disappointment that large suppliers are resorting to “traditional energy industry infighting” instead of coming together to help the most vulnerable customers. The Octopus Energy chief executive said he had proposed a standardised form for assisting vulnerable customers but it had not been adopted by the wider sector.

Coronavirus: Government offers interest-free loan to cover rise in low-carbon levy