UTILITY WEEK | OCTOBER 2021 |
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Contents
The Review 6
Campaign 8
Utility Week launches its Reset Energy campaign
Interview 10
Phil Swift, chief executive, Western Power Distribution
Special report 14
Anglian Water's project to move bulk supplies
ENERGY
BEIS hydrogen strategy
hedges bets on heat
WATER
Getting to grips
with water
process
emissions
ENERGY
Utility Week
sets out on
campaign for
retail market
reform
Energy retail
smashed
Wholesale price surge wreaks
havoc on fragile market
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Customers
Talking points 27
Analysis 28
Supplier exits could be a knockout
blow for energy competition
Event 30
Where next for low-carbon
black start?
Event 32
Key themes from the Consumer
Vulnerability and Debt conference
Innovate
Analysis 34
Yorkshire Water's pollinator
superhighway
Analysis 36
Veolia burns through Covid waste
Analysis 39
The challenges facing mass
take-up of smart meters
Analysis 40
LV monitoring is essential
Expert View 41
VISION Consulting
Events calendar 42
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Policy & Regulation
Talking points 16
Expert View 17
Sopra Steria
Analysis 18
BEIS hedges its bets on heat
Analysis 20
Red fl ag for blue hydrogen
Expert View 21
Drax
Analysis 22
Can networks overturn Ofgem's
'victory' at the CMA?
Analysis 24
Water sector process emissions
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