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Contents
The Review 6
Electricity 8
Ofgem delivers its fi nal determinations for RIIO-ED2
Customers 10
Will utilities drive innovation or be sidelined by it?
Interview 14
Jo Jo Hubbard, chief executive, Electron
Renewables 16
Government to relax onshore wind planning restrictions
Comment 19
Staying optimistic through the energy transition
Energy 20
Why does Ofgem think suppliers are the bad guys?
Talking Points 22
Comment 25
For a better future, we must learn from the past
High Viz 26
The Thames Tideway Tunnel
Water 28
Innovate leakage detection technology is going undeployed
Comment 30
Why the UK must continue to fund energy innovation
Water 32
All the winners of the 2022 Utility Week Awards
Opinion 37
Purpose is important: we want jobs that contribute to net zero
Tech Talk 37
Mark Rushton, chief executive, STC INSISO
Technology 38
Download report: Intelligent solutions for legacy challenges
Roundtable 38
When it comes to networks, resilience is considered the bogeyman
New life for
onshore wind
Does government rethink on onshore
wind herald wider green renaissance?
ELECTRICITY
RIIO-ED2 verdicts
are in
INTERVIEW
Jo Jo Hubbard,
Electron
WATER
Leakage detection
innovation needs
more support
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