UTILITY WEEK | NOVEMBER 2022 |
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Contents
The Review 6
Policy & regulation 8
Party conference roundup
Finance 10
Rising interest rates leave debt-laden utilities exposed
Regulation 12
Maxine Frerk: The bridge to RIIO3
Water 14
Water Industry Asset Management Conference report
Water 16
Is Defra getting serious with fi nes or just playing to the gallery?
Electricity 18
How likely are blackouts this winter?
High Viz 20
National Grid's transformation of the Dwyryd Estuary
Customers 22
Utilities must beware 'blind spots' of vulnerability
Talking Points 25
Technology 26
Optimising underground asset performance
Event 28
Utility Week Awards shortlist announced
Energy 30
Dutch lessons on energy effi ciency
Networks 32
Creativity is the key
Water 33
Meet the innovators: Dr Jo Burgess, Isle Utilities
Electricity 34
Customers must be paid to encourage fl exibility
Energy 36
Leveraging smart meter for low-carbon technologies
Events calendar 38
PAN-UTILITY
Should utilities be afraid
of a resurgent Labour party?
ELECTRICITY
The threat of winter blackouts
WATER
Is Defra serious about £250m
fines for water companies?
Taking stock
Investor confidence in spotlight over
revenue caps and debt costs
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