UTILITY WEEK | MAY 2021 |
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Contents
The Review 6
Impact Analysis 8
UK ramps up climate ambitions; Challengers bolster green
credentials; Defra threatened with legal action over CSOs
Countdown to COP 10
The case for storage
Countdown to COP 14
The National Infrastructure Bank
Finance & investment 16
Insights from the UW Investor Summit
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Emissions reductions goals
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Customers
Talking points 27
Lessons to learn from fan fury;
water poverty; switching fi gures
Interview 28
Rebecca Dibb-Simkin Octopus
Analysis 30
Waiting for the debt wave to hit
Operational Excellence
Analysis 32
Excellence in water innovation
Tech Talk 33
Aligned Assets
Analysis 34
Data sharing in the water sector
Analysis 36
Asset planning and fi eldwork
Tech Talk 36
Taming faults
Interview 40
How Southern is transforming
with an ex-EA executive
Analysis 41
Smart water meters
Events calendar 42
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Policy & Regulation
Talking points 19
GHG failure; Ofwat winners
Analysis 20
Is Ofgem missing the bigger
picture?
Comment 21
Mark Horsley, CEO, Northern Gas
Networks
Interview 22
Fletcher refl ects on water
Comment 24
All go at the CMA
Analysis 25
Drawing a line under the CMA
Interview 26
Douglas Millican, CEO,
Scottish Water
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