The finalists for the prestigious Utility Week Awards 2023 have been unveiled after a record year for entries.
Our team of independent judges whittled down more than 300 entries across 16 categories, including eight that are brand new for this year.
The winners will be unveiled at a ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on 5 December and tables are available to book now.
Utility Week editor and chair of the judges James Wallin said: “It was an honour to go through such a stellar selection of entries for this year’s awards, which showcased dedication and innovation in action across the sector and its supply chain.
“It was particularly pleasing to see companies taking their responsibilities towards both customers and the environment so seriously.
“It was a difficult task to separate out these excellent entries into our shortlist. The teams and individuals whose hard work fuelled these projects should be very proud.
“I look forward to being able to reveal the winners on 5th December alongside our celebrity host.”
Full list of finalists:
Built Environment Partner of the Year Award
D2 – Management and coordination of utility diversions for major projects and new development infrastructure
EA Technology – Road to Net Zero
Kier Natural Resources, Nuclear & Networks – Fibre in water
Stantec – Futureproofing the industry through collaboration and innovation
Urbanomy – Energy masterplanning for the Wellcome Genome Campus
Carbon Reduction Award
Business Stream – Achieving a 50% reduction in carbon footprint
Caledonia Water Alliance – Carbon management initiative
National Grid ESO – Pathfinders
Ovo – Power Move
Scottish Water and WGMB – Circular economy MEICA strategy for utility assets
Severn Trent – Carbon reduction through energy efficient pumping, asset management and chemical reduction
Yorkshire Water – Carbon reduction initiative
Collaborative Excellence Award
Avove, iNPIPE PRODUCTS, Ecofill
Browne and Thames Water
Citizens Advice Plymouth and Utility Warehouse
Eon Next and Kidney Care UK
ENA PCB Strategy Group
ENWL, NGED, UKPN, NPg, SPEN, SGN, Cadent, WWU and NGN
National Grid ESO, SP Energy Networks, and TNEI Consultancy
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Initiative of the Year Award
Business Stream – Making a Positive difference to the environment and our local communities
Cambridge Water, South Staffordshire Plc and The Imperial War Museum – Ground source heating at IWM Duxford
Affinity Water – Save Our Streams
National Grid – Active Creosote Extraction (ACE) project
So Energy – Contract Beyond the Contract
South West Water – South West Peatland Partnership
Utilita Energy – Football Rebooted
Customer Experience Award
Anglian Water – Delivering outstanding experiences every day for our customers
Cadent – Stannington water ingress – incident response
Octopus Energy – Showcasing the best customer experience and vulnerable customer care
Power NI – Electricity Bill Support Scheme
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks – Driving excellence in customer experience
UK Power Networks – Rivalling the best in UK customer service
Utilita Energy – ‘Customer first’
Cost of Living Award
Anglian Water – Supporting 300,000+ customers through cost of living pressures
Cadent – Centres for Warmth programme
Cadent – Cadent Foundation partnership with Groundworks
Electrcity North West – Be Safe and Save
National Grid – Fuel poverty interventions
United Utilities – Water Without Worry
Utilita Energy – Life with Power
Digital Transformation Award
Affinity Water and JBA Consulting – JBA Spectral Analysis Tool (for pollution detection)
Browne and Thames Water – Revolutionising digitally-enabled delivery
Eon Next – Digital first approach
Power NI – Digitalising the Energy Bill Support Scheme
SSEN Transmission – Digital transformation programme
UK Power Networks – Speeding up low carbon connections
Utilita Energy – Life with Power
Infrastructure Delivery Award
Morrison Water Services & Thames Water – Die draw technique on Seven Sisters Road
Morrison Water Services and Living With Water – Delivering surface water flood resilience on Rosmead Street
Portsmouth Water – The Havant Thicket Reservoir
South East Water with DDS Contracting and AtkinsRéalis – Aylesford storage reservoir restoration
SSE Energy Solutions – Medway Park Leisure Centre
SSEN Transmission – Inveraray-Crossaig overhead electricity transmission line
Tangent & UK Power Networks – A new website to weather any storm
Innovation Award
Anglian Water and the Safe Smart Systems partnership – Creating an automated, connected utility system for future generations
ESO, Capgemini & Wipro – Demand Flexibility Service
National Grid ESO, SP Energy Networks, and TNEI Consultancy – Distributed ReStart
SP Energy Networks – LV Engine
SSEN, ElectraLink, and CrowdCharge – Project Skyline
Utilita Energy – Life with Power
Yorkshire Water with Stantec, Stormharvester, and Technolog – Delivering a smart wastewater network
Net Zero Engagement Award
Energy Networks Association – Open Networks
ESO, Capgemini & Wipro – Demand Flexibility Service
National Grid – Equitable Novel Flexibility Exchange (EQUINOX)
Ovo Energy – Plan Zero
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, Flex Assure and the Centre for Sustainable Energy – HOMEFlex
Utilita and Iceland – Shop Smart, Cook Savvy
Water Plus – Engaging businesses with the carbon emissions linked to water us
Rising Star of the Year Award
Utility:
Anglian Water – Victoria Gourlay
ESO – Chris Salter
National Gas – Charlie Baird
Power NI – Emma-Jo McColgan
Utilita Energy – Archie Lasseter
Wales & West Utilities – Henry James
Non-Utility:
Galliford Try – Kai Woodman
LCP Delta – Lucinda Murley
M Group Services – Bradley Worrell
M Group Services – Alistair Nicol
Occutrace – Natalie Martin
RSE – Bronwyn Spence
Skills and Diversity Award
Cadent and Skewb Climate – Gamified employee training for beach to meter gas journey
Electricity North West – Include Me
LoWEG, Morrison Energy Services, Cadent Gas, CMO – London Women in Engineering Group
Utilita Energy – Life with Power
Wales & West Utilities – Cultural change for a more inclusive and psychologically safe workplace
Team of the Year Award
Eon Next – Smart Tribe
National Grid ESO, SP Energy Networks and TNEI Consultancy – Distributed ReStart
Ovo Energy – Industry Ops Domain Team
Power NI – PNI Team of year entry
Schneider, Quartz, Xylem and Vega – SMART Water Recycling Catchments
Utilita Energy – Life with Power – Let me take you by the hand
Yorkshire Water – Commercial Services Team
Unlocking Data Award
Utility:
Callisto and British Gas
Cadent, ULC Technologies & ICS Consulting – Utilising data for targeted robotic remediation in London
EDF Energy and Accenture – Complaints Transformation
EDF UK and TATA Consultancy Services – Data Powered Transformation Program
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks – Smart ETR
Utilita Energy – A data-led campaign for Life with Power
Connected Data and OVO – A seamless multi-data/multi-bureau approach to bridging the ‘unknown’
Non utility:
Centre for Net Zero
LCP Delta – The Energy Transition Trackers
M Group Services – Safe Dig AI
SMS – Demand Flexibility Service
Stantec – EBPR Digital Site Capture
Water Research Centre – Understanding discoloured water using data-driven analytics
Utility Partner of the Year Award
Adler and Allan – Environmental compliance today, creating a sustainable tomorrow.
Clancy: A trusted partner, now and for the future
EA Technology
Eliq AB
Energy & Utility Skills – The Green Jobs Delivery Group
Severn Trent Water and Waterfit – Green Recovery Programme
Stantec – Futureproofing the Industry Through Collaboration and Innovation
Utility of the Year
Anglian Water
Cadent
Electricity North West
Octopus Energy
Severn Trent Water
UK Power Networks
Utilita Energy