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Credit rating agency S&P has given its vedict on the water companies of England & Wales after taking into account the reactions to the 'toughest determination ever' from Ofwat.
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The new appointment has held senior executive finance and operational positions in global technology companies and financial services. An announcement of another non-executive director with a digital transformation background is expected to be made “in due course”.
Portsmouth Council’s energy supplier will finally have its supply licences revoked more than a year since it was scrapped at a cost of at least £2.5 million.
Ofgem has launched an investigation into Western Power Distribution’s (WPD) obligations to its priority service register customers. WPD is the network operator which covers the Midlands, South Wales and the South West.
Yet while news of the departure of Andrea Leadsom as business secretary, and the sacking
Northern Ireland’s Utility Regulator chief executive Jenny Piper has announced she will retire in the Autumn after almost seven years in the role. Pyper will remain in place to help facilitate the appointment of her successor.
With a record number of appellants requesting referrals from Ofwat to the Competition and Markets Authority for their PR19 business plans, Utility Week gathers expert views on the areas most likely to feature in the appeals.
Anglian and Northumbrian's decisions to ask Ofwat to refer their final determinations to the CMA have taken the number of appeals to an unprecedented four. Meanwhile, Thames has said that while it “carefully considered” a CMA referral, it ultimately judged that this would be a “significant management distraction” at a key time. Southern also "reluctantly" accepted Ofwat's terms.
In a new series of articles exclusively for Utility Week members, Maxine Frerk – former senior partner networks at Ofgem – shares her views on the regulatory landscape. Here she discusses Jonathan Brearley’s first steps as Ofgem CEO; how the RIIO2 Challenge Group framework is shaping up and the implications of the investigation into Ovo’s historic failings on billing and communication.