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United Utilities has been granted permission to take additional water from the Lake District to protect public water supplies
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Pub chain and brewer Greene King has revealed that it is saving more than 600,000 pints of water each day since obtaining a self-supply licence to deliver its own water and wastewater services last year.
Industry regulator Ofgem has delayed the publication of its proposals for the incoming energy price cap to allow more time to consider consultation responses.
Ofgem has insisted there is a “strong case” to explore fundamental reforms to the regulatory
The regulator said the proposed changes to the code governing the use of the transmission network would reduce competition, raise costs for consumers and make it harder for the system operator to safely manage the power grid.
Ofgem's governing body has announced the regulator 'should be more transparent' about its compliance and enforcement work and take a bolder approach to communications about the retail energy market.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has submitted a final needs case to Ofgem for a new 600MW subsea transmission link between the Western Isles and the Scottish mainland.
Southern Water has been fined £65,000 and ordered to pay £44,620 of additional costs for a water quality incident in an area of the Isle of Wight in 2013.
National Grid has published a roadmap laying out its plans to widen access to the balancing mechanism.
The water retail market operator (MOSL) is on track to move out of London by January 2019 to cut costs.
There have been too many bells and whistles in the reports published about the water retail market, promoting it as a success, according to Water2business managing director Charley Maher.
The regulator was investigating whether Iresa breached licence conditions and consumer complaints handling standards relating to treating customers fairly, complaints and call handling, customer switching, providing refunds and consideration of customers’ ability to pay when in debt.
Yorkshire Water plans to be an industry leader in bioresources as it looks to “drive innovation and efficiency” within the wider water sector.
However novel and appealing the proposal is… the costs that would be incurred would be
Ofgem says the increased tariff is due to higher wholesale gas and electricity costs since the level was last updated in February to protect one million more customers who receive the Warm Home Discount.
"Protection for one group of customers must not come at the cost of a blank cheque from all others"
Olympos Water has become the latest company to apply for a water supply and sewerage licence, hoping to create a multi-utility provider for the water retail market.
Sudden severe weather earlier this year, which caused water supply outages across the UK, has prompted Ofwat to review the compensation provided to customers.
Ofgem says there is a “strong case” to explore fundamental reforms to the regulatory arrangements
Iresa, the troubled energy supplier, ceased trading last week. What can the industry learn from the Iresa saga – and how can small but rapidly-growing providers avoid a similar fate? Data supplied to Utility Week by the Energy Ombudsman contains some answers.