UTILITY WEEK | FEBRUARY 2023 |
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Contents
The Review 6
Water 8
Severn Trent's project to accurately measure emissions
Water 10
A coming of age for wastewater management
Water 12
Mandatory SuDS ruling is a big fi rst step
Comment 15
Pennon Group's Laura Flowerdew
Electricity 16
First demand fl exibility trials exceed expectations
Electricity 18
The Capacity Market must balance security and decarbonisation
Expert View 19
Grant Mceachran, regulatory affairs director, S&C Electric
Energy 20
Will ban on PPMs help or hinder efforts to help the vulnerable
Energy 22
The future of energy networks
Electricity 24
How we generated electricity in Great Britain in 2022
Opinion 26
Flexibility coming to the fore in 2023
Talking Points 27
High Viz 28
SSEN rescues Shetland Isles from the big freeze
Water 30
PR24: Water effi ciency and CSOs come into focus
Event 32
What you can expect to see at Utility Week Live 2023
Download report 36
Water pollution – why CSOs aren't the only challenge
ELECTRICITY
First demand fl exibility trials
are a resounding success
ENERGY
The Capacity Market must balance
security and decarbonisation goals
ELECTRICITY
Would ban on PPMs help or hinder
efforts to help the vulnerable?
Going against
the fl ow
Outrage at sewage overfl ows
reinforces the case for SuDS
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