Company strategy

Fletcher: Nature-based solutions should be default in PR24 plans

Putting a human face on the energy transition

WPD calls for innovation ideas to help vulnerable and fuel poor

Western Power Distribution has issued a call for ideas for innovation projects to help vulnerable and fuel poor customers. Those that are successful in the competition, which is open to members of the public, will be trialled using funding from the Network Innovation Allowance.

SSE offloads shares in energy-from-waste plants for £995m

Yorkshire launches tariff for customers in debt

Under a new tariff Yorkshire Water will match billpayers' contributions to clear their debts, which the company said would equate to an average of £195 per eligible customer annually.

Sustainability in a global pandemic: What role must water companies play?

Arthur Mitchell, engagement manager at PwC's Strategy& division, considers how water companies can support customers through this difficult time while balancing the sustainability impacts of increased consumption during lockdown.

Keeping Connected: Conventional & Novel Strategies For P-Removal & Recovery

WWT is hosting a webinar about phosphorus removal as the regulator’s new, tougher restrictions are biting for AMP7.

British Gas Business signs green power deal with Lotus

British Gas Business has signed a green power deal with Lotus which will provide the capability for the car manufacturer to develop its own renewable assets. Centrica agreed an electric vehicle (EV) strategy with Lotus earlier this year, creating a platform which will integrate EVs into home energy services.

Scottish Power takes on Tonik Energy customers

Scottish Power has been appointed by Ofgem to take on the 130,000 domestic customers of failed power supplier Tonik Energy. Utility Week previously revealed that Scottish Power was in contention for Tonik’s customers.

Water UK urges government to act over tree planting

Ofgem reveals final network deferral charges

Ofgem has revealed the final amount of charges that have been deferred by network companies over a three-month period in response to Covid-19. In June three schemes were announced which allowed networks to put off up to £350 million worth of charges relating to gas transportation, electricity distribution and electricity transmission as a last resort. The schemes have now closed.

Covid should ‘supercharge’ smart PPM rollout

Centrica postpones ‘fire and rehire’ proposals

SSE launches levelling up action plan

SSE is to remove qualification entry requirements for apprentices as part of a wider push to improve social mobility. Utility Week speaks to the company’s HR director John Stewart and former minister Justine Greening, who chairs the social mobility pledge, about the sector’s role in creating new green jobs and supporting the levelling up agenda.

Groundhog Day for the energy sector

Just days after Ofgem revealed the supplier owed £8.7 million in renewables obligations (RO) and feed-in-tariff payments, Tonik Energy was no more - by far the largest supplier to exit the market in 2020. But, the tale of a business failure days after the RO bills are announced is becoming a familiar one. Utility Week examines how it all went wrong - and who will pick up the pieces.