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Government is abandoning vulnerable energy customers
…of suppliers and charities have called for targeted support to be introduced, in line with Utility Week’s Action on Bills campaign. Hobhouse was asked what the fears and concerns are…
RAAC scandal offers chance to tackle lead in school tap water
…environment would have a massive impact.” Clair Dunn, head of water quality at Anglian Water, said: “Schools have to be the priority. But to enable that change we need to…
Anglian warns of ‘huge’ water demand from hydrogen
…is needed to produce 1kg of hydrogen, Richardson said. He said: “That equates to almost half a mega litre demand for a fairly modest 100MW hydrogen production facility. We at…
Cost of tackling storm overflow spills rises to £60bn
…plan did not offer adequate protections to coastal waters. Responses to the consultation on the original plan, which was published earlier this year, included concerns that marine protected areas and…
Coffey summons ‘extremely disappointing’ water bosses
…in her first six months in office, said the overall performance of the sector is “extremely disappointing”. Coffey said: “We have written to the CEOs of every water company in…
Social tariff consultation urgently needed
…ultimately an interim measure whereas a social tariff really embeds the idea that vulnerable people need to have help with their energy bills properly over the long term,” she said.…
PR24: SES to ‘fall short’ on net zero
SES Water has said it will miss the water sector’s commitment to cut operational greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Its business plan for 2025-30, which said billpayers did not support…
Water bills could rise by up to 64% by 2030
…statement from shareholders, who said they were willing to invest £400 million of new equity investment. However, the statement said Ofwat’s eventual decisions on returns to shareholders and incentive payments…
Energy sector ‘lacks ambition’ on digital innovation, says techUK leader
…growth and UK competitiveness. So says, Teodora Kaneva, head of smart infrastructure and systems at trade association techUK. Speaking to Utility Week, Kaneva said that despite encouraging developments in energy…
SP Energy Networks signs two-year flexibility deal with Piclo
…Piclo’s new expanded end-to-end service, SP Energy Networks will not only use the platform for advertisement and procurement but also for dispatch and settlement. The company said the deal will…
PR24: Southern admits ambitions are risky
…2030 with an investment of £517 million during AMP8 Southern said spending on the WINEP is phase dover eight instead of five years to balance affordability and avoid an additional…
PR24: United Utilities pledges third of total CSO spend
…across the sector. UU has the highest volume of overflows due to the age of when sewer infrastructure was laid out in industrial towns and cities in the northwest. It…
Dogger Bank produces power for first time
…in Yorkshire. Alistair Phillips-Davies, SSE’s chief executive, said: “There’s been lots of talk about the need to build homegrown energy supplies, but we are taking action on a massive scale….
PR24: CCW calls for bigger water efficiency fund
…they are expected to play,” the group said. CCW previously called for a dedicated fund and resourcing targeting demand reduction, which it suggested naming ARID for Accelerated Reduction in Demand….
UU gets green light for carbon capture scheme
…innovation scheme. For 2025-30, the company will dedicate £196 million to decarbonise with an emphasis on low regret actions within its £13.7 billion investment strategy for PR24. It intends to…
Transmission credits could attract storage to areas with surplus power
…tariffs as conventional fossil fuel generators. The consultancy said this need could also be met through specific demand credits or generation tariffs for energy storage. It said these options could…
Welsh Water to spend £40M on ‘significant’ sewage problems
…without building the new plant. She said: “This is the kind of investment that we, and the public expects. The enforcement action we are taking at this site requires Welsh…
Octopus: ESO has put ‘handbrake’ on household flexibility
…introduce greater price competition into the Domestic Flexibility Service (DFS). In setting out its plans for the DFS in August, the ESO said that it would remove the guaranteed acceptance…
Proposal to cap interconnector trades rejected
…interconnector trades above the VoLL to maintain system security. On one occasion, the price of some of these actions was up to £9,500/MWh due to scarcity on the continent driven…
Ofgem to claw back £24m from Shell Energy
Ofgem has proposed to claw back more than £24 million from Shell Energy as part of the true-up process for Last Resort Supply Payment claims. The regulator also said it…