regulation review

What to expect from Ofgem’s price cap update

Energy suppliers are anticipating Ofgem will cut the price cap when it is reviewed next week, but by how much is it predicted to fall? Utility Week spoke to industry experts, including Eon's Michael Lewis about their views on the cap and where they see it moving next.

30/07/2019

Analysis

Regulatory certainty should not rule out ‘radical change’ says ex Ofwat boss

Ensuring regulatory certainty should not rule out "radical change" to the framework that utilities operate in, Ofwat’s former chief executive has said.

11/03/2019

News

Utilities regulation ‘struggles’ to keep up with pace of change

An overhaul of utilities regulation is "well overdue" but should not maintain existing structures, according to a new discussion paper from thinktank Sustainability First.

07/03/2019

News

NIC seeks views on how to improve utility regulation

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) is seeking views on how the current utilities regulation system is working and whether it has “systematically failed or succeeded” in several key areas.

18/02/2019

News

Government encourages innovation in regulated sectors

The government is exploring how innovation can be encouraged in heavily regulated sectors, like energy and water.

01/11/2018

News

Price controls prevent water sector aiding decarbonisation

A narrow focus on costs is preventing the water sector from playing a valuable role in the decarbonisation of electricity, academics have warned.

17/10/2018

News

Utility regulation must be tough ‘whatever the landscape’

Whether a single “super-regulator” emerges or not, utility regulation must be “tough”, Consumer Council for Water chief executive Tony Smith has insisted.

15/10/2018

News

Ofwat to reveal ‘new vision’ for the water sector

Water regulator Ofwat is in the early stages of revealing a “new vision” for the water sector and its regulation beyond 2020.

15/10/2018

News

No ‘simple answer’ to what successful regulation looks like

Speaking as part of a panel debate about successful regulation at Utility Week’s Congress event in Birmingham, Rachel Fletcher, chief executive at Ofwat, described the past year as “incredibly eventful” for utilities.

12/10/2018

News

Regulators create ‘presumption against utilities’, says Armitt

Sir John Armitt, chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), which has been tasked with carrying out a review into the regulation of utilities, said the very existence of regulators creates a "natural presumption against utilities".

10/10/2018

News

Specific utility regulators should be scrapped, says Penrose

Existing industry regulators like Ofgem and Ofwat should be replaced with a single watchdog to oversee all utility network functions, a Tory MP has urged.

09/10/2018

News

Utility regulation review needs to be ‘brave and bold’

John Penrose, told Utility Week at the Conservative party conference that he welcomed the regulation review but said it had to be "radical" to meet head on Labour’s push to bring the utilities back into public ownership.

03/10/2018

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