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Utility Week 5th April 2019

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Community known – he owns 17 golf courses – but now it has emerged that among the people he plays with it has also long been known that he is a cheat. Or at least that's the claim of former Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, who has written a book entitled Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump. "He cheats at the highest level. He cheats when people are watching and he cheats when they aren't," he says in the book released this week. Among those quoted in the book is • lm star Samuel L Jackson, who says: "We clearly saw him hook a ball into a lake at Trump National [in Bedmin- ster, New Jersey] and his caddy told him he found it." Wags claim this may explain how he has achieved a handicap of 2.8, which extraordinarily is lower than that of 18-time major winner Jack Nicklaus, seven years his senior, who plays o' a handicap of 3.4. Trump's response, as always, is to shoot the messen- ger. "I always thought he was a terrible writer," Trump said. "I would say that he's a very dishonest writer." Perhaps they should toss a coin to determine who's telling the truth? Disconnector wagers that Donald has a special one for just such an occasion. Disconnector Publishing director, Utilities: Ellen Bennett, t: 01342 332084, e: ellenbennett@fav-house.com; Content director: Jane Gray, janegray@fav-house.com, t: 01342 333004; Acting editor: Suzanne Heneghan, t: 01342 332106, e: suzanneheneghan@fav-house.com Acting content director: Denise Chevin, 01342 332087, denisechevin@fav-house.com; News editor: Katey Pigden, t: 01342 332082, e: kateypigden@fav-house.com; Energy correspondent: Tom Grimwood, t: 01342 332061, e: tomgrimwood@fav-house.com; Policy correspondent: David Blackman, e: davidblackman@fav-house.com; Reporter: Adam John, t: 01342 332069, e: adamjohn@fav-house.com; Production editor: Paul Newton, t: 01342 332085, e: paulnewton@fav-house.com; Business development manager: Ben Hammond, e: benhammond@fav-house.com. t: 01342 332116; Business development executive: Sarah Wood, e: sarahwood@fav-house.com. t: 01342 332117 Conference sponsorship manager: Sophie Abbott, t: 01342 332062, e: sophieabbott@fav-house.com; General enquiries: 01342 332000; Membership enquiries: Peter Bissell, t: 01342 332057, e: peterbissell@fav-house.com. ISSN: 1356-5532. Registered as a newspaper at the Post Offi ce. 2,500 Average circulation Jan–Dec 2018 Membership subscriptions: UK £769+VAT per year. Overseas £781 per year. Contact Peter Bissell on: 01342 332057 Utility Week is a member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (which regulates the UK's magazine and newspaper industry). We abide by the Editors' Code of Practice and are committed to upholding the highest standards of journalism. If you think that we have not met those standards and want to make a complaint please contact the publishing director, Ellen Bennett, at ellenbennett@fav-house.com. If we are unable to resolve your complaint, or if you would like more information about IPSO or the Editors' Code, contact IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or visit www.ipso.co.uk National Grid ESO @ng_eso "Zero carbon operation of Great Britain's electricity system by 2025" says ESO CESI @CESIenergy Exciting development! Zero carbon operation readiness of GB electricity system in only six years time! Game on! Amazing implications for decarbonisation of transport as well as power generation and even heat if we get the generation levels to meet demand #greengas #zerocarbon Doug Parr @doug_parr Try, just try, to imagine the gas or oil industry being treated like the #solar industry has been It's inconceivable Richard Lowes @heatpolicyrich Seems like @octopus_ energy have got their heads around Time‰Of Use export when other suppliers haven't even got their heads around TOU import! Claire Forbes @DrClaireForbes Are shock tactics the best way to draw attention to the threat of water shortages caused by climate change? @kateypigden starts the conversation with reference to @JamesBevanEA recent 'jaws of death' speech Nathan @RichardsonNath I think strong language is sometimes needed to cut through, especially when the ongoing political shenanigans have been drowning out coverage of other crucial challenges we face‰if we don't act.....such as water scarcity. Top Tweets Brexit burst mybubble It's anecdotal of course, but it would appear the British are digging in for hard times. No, Disconnector is not refer- ring to the stockpiling of basic foods and medicines. The great man is referencing instead the disturbing news that sales of prosecco fell last year by three million bottles. In the year to 31 January, a mere 214 million bottles of the • zzy stu' were sold, compared with 217 million the year before. And in its place, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, gin, which in 2018 accounted for a "staggering" £2.1›billion-worth of sales. When people swap their sparkling wine for "mother's ruin", you know the party is well and truly over. If there are any would-be Hogarths out there, we're about ready for a new set of prints depicting life in the 21st century. The Brexiteer's Progress, anyone? Take your best swing It has long been noted how much time US president Donald Trump spends on the golf course, despite the fact that he harangued Barack Obama on the handful of occasions his prede- cessor played 18 holes. Trump's love of golf is well Mind-bending reality So, Brexit Day came and went and… no Brexit. The UK is stuck in its own version of Groundhog Day, but without the amiable charm of Bill Mur- ray. Or, one suspects, of there being any • nal moral to the tale. Murray learned to stop being a self-centred narcissist and won Andie MacDowell's heart with his new-found generosity of heart. Discon- nector suspects Boris Johnson is travelling in the opposite direction. As Utility Week goes to press, parliament is engaged in endless rounds of indica- tive votes to try to • nd a way forward. As for the great man (Disconnector, that is, not Murray), the most likely saviour on the horizon is Uri Geller, the Israeli illusionist who shot to fame in the 1970s by bending spoons using – he claimed – telekinesis. Geller says he feels very strongly that the British people no longer want to leave the EU and has written an open letter to Theresa May warning that he will "telepathically stop Brexit" unless she changes course. Depending on what has actually happened by the time this magazine reaches people's desks, who knows, maybe Uri did it. UTILITY WEEK | 5TH - 11TH APRIL 2019 | 31

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