UTILITY WEEK | JANUARY 2022 |
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Contents
The Review 6
Annual roundup 8
What you read on utilityweek.co.uk in 2021
Electricity 10
The fallout from Storm Arwen
Electricity 14
Can we rely on low-carbon sources to restart the grid?
Heat 16
Heat pump targets may be so much hot air
Expert view 18
Brian Levite, regulatory affairs director, S&C Electric company
Talking points 19
Regulation 20
Maxine Frerk asks, what's the point of appeals?
Networks 22
The ED2 business plans in numbers
Generation 24
Generation Outlook: the upcoming CfD auctions
Talking points 27
Business transformation 28
Download report: Moving beyond zero carbon
Energy reset 30
If everything is regulated, where's the competition?
Expert view 31
Mike Harfi eld, chief operating offi cer, Sigma Connected
Business transformation 32
Download report: Move fast and fi x things
Water conference report 34
Digging in for the long term
Technology 36
Download report: How open should data be?
HEAT
Companies fear that ambitious
heat targets are so much hot air
ENERGY RESET
If everything is regulated,
where's the competition?
WATER
Sector looks to innovation
as it adapts to climate change
Bolt from
the blue
Networks face questions over
resilience to extreme weather
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