UTILITY WEEK | FEBRUARY 2023 |
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Contents
The Review 6
Energy 8
Making suppliers the bad guys benefi ts no one
Interview 10
Bill Bullen, chief executive, Utilita
Regulation 14
Maxine Frerk: Why is Ofgem getting it wrong again?
Regulation 16
BEIS gets the chop in Whitehall reorganisation
Pan-utility 18
What do CFOs anticipate will be the biggest risks of 2023
Energy 20
Comment: could radical reform stabilise energy retail?
Talking Points 21
Energy 24
Coffey deals a body blow to social tariffs
Electricity 26
Comment: regulation slows down delivery of connections
Expert View 27
Cadent on the economics of low-carbon heat
Interview 28
Jon Butterworth, chief executive, National Gas
Electricity 30
Making fl exibility mainstream
Energy 32
Comment: ChatGPT points to the future of energy retail
Water 36
Stopping the blame game on pollution
Pan-utility 38
What utilities should be guarding against in the year ahead
Technology 40
Open data will change the way you do business
ENERGY
BEIS scrapped in shake-up of how
government deals with energy
INTERVIEW
National Gas CEO makes the case
for continued investment in gas
WATER
Coffey comes out against a
national social tariff
Trouble at
your door
Forced prepayment meter installations
hit energy suppliers' reputation again
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