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South West Water’s £125m desalination plants delayed
South West Water’s £125 million plans to deliver two desalination plants have been pushed back to next year. Speaking to Utility Week, South West Water chief executive Susan Davy confirmed that the plants would not be delivered this year as previously slated. Davy was speaking after South West's parent company Pennon announced an 85% drop in half-year pre-tax profits.
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Shell’s B2B arm hit with seven-figure fine for overcharging
Ofgem has issued a £1.6 million fine to Shell’s B2B energy arm for “serious overcharging of business customers”. The regulator found that Shell-owned Hudson Energy Supply UK (HES) - now Shell Energy UK - breached 10 licence conditions by outsourcing elements of its day-to-day customer operations without appropriate supervision. Issues found included “serious unjustified overcharging” of customers, as well as failure to return credit refunds owed.  
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Five water retailers refund thousands of customers
Five water retailers have refunded thousands of customers who were overcharged. In total, the five retailers have refunded £380,000 to 3,500 customers after a CCW investigation uncovered billing errors.
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Switzerland’s nuclear exit?
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Drought-hit areas start to recover
A drought order granted to South East Water by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs last month has not been used, because heavy rain over Christmas alleviated the crisis.
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Billing systems ‘on right track’
EDF Energy and Npower have insisted that their billing system upgrades are heading in the right direction, but neither company has ruled out seeking compensation from their suppliers.
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DWI calls Water UK claims ‘disingenuous’
The chief inspector of drinking water has accused Water UK of sending muddled messages and making"disingenuous" claims about the sector's work on water quality.
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Networks win reconnection battle
More than 350,000 homes and businesses were off electricity supply last week as gales battered much of the UK. While most were reconnected within 24 hours, several thousand properties were left without power for more than a day.
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Regime change not enough for Scots
Scottish electricity grid companies have attacked proposals by energy regulator Ofgem for reform of the charging regime for using electricity transmission ­networks.
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Gas firms dismayed by cash-out plans
The gas industry has warned Ofgem that its proposals for the immediate reform of the gas cash-out regime in an emergency could backfire and cost consumers more.
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Solar subsidy fight divides the industry
The solar sector remains deeply divided over the continuing feed-in tariff (FIT) wrangle, with some firms arguing that a drawn-out legal challenge and appeal process is more damaging for the industry than the proposed cuts.
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Brussels plots more ITER funding
THE European Commission has drafted a plan ensuring cash-strapped international nuclear fusion project ITER would have funding of Euro EUR2.573 billion from 2014 to 2018.
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