The EA and Defra have launched a fund to attract green finance by kickstarting schemes that improve the natural environment and have the potential to attract private sector investment.
Consumer advocate Citizens Advice has calculated that the Competition and Markets Authority’s findings in the appeal of four water companies’ price review could cost households as much as £3.7 billion by setting a "dangerous precedent" for energy networks' price controls.
As one AMP cycle comes to an end credit rating agency S&P analyses the outlook for fast-tracked Severn Trent as it begins the tough new regulatory period.
The cost to the public of renationalising public utilities has been estimated as close to £200 billion - or the total income tax paid in a year. But the cost to pensions and savings trusts has now been calculated as £1000 per household. Those working in water companies with share schemes could fare even worse.