UTILITY WEEK | FEBRUARY 2022 |
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Contents
The Review 6
Interview 8
David Blakemore, chair, Committee on Fuel Poverty
Energy reset 10
Cost of living crisis must be solved – but at what price?
Energy retail 14
Energy crisis could spur transformational change
Heat 16
Octopus makes big play on heat pumps
Energy 18
Comment: changing the story to achieve net zero
Talking points 19
Electricity 20
What does a Future System Operator look like?
Regulation 22
Comment: How is anyone expected to read the ED2 plans?
Water 24
AMP7 gathers momentum
Talking points 27
Water 28
Polluters will be made to pay
Vulnerable customers 30
Journeys out of debt
ENERGY
Retail crunch could herald
transformational change
WATER
Outcry over river pollution could
force through reforms
PAN-UTILITY
National map of underground
assets takes shape
Cold comfort
Who will be asked to foot the bill for
alleviating the cost of living crisis?
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Utility Week Innovate
Pan-utility 32
Mapping underground assets
Pan-utility 34
Comment: diversity can help with the energy transition
Water 35
Monitoring Covid in wastewater
Q&A 37
Spring's Shaunna Berendsen
Energy 38
Open data is key to energy's net-zero transformation
Electricity 40
Navigating National Grid's Virtual Energy System
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