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utILIty WeeK | 14th - 20th February 2014 | 5 The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) has submitted an objection against the proposed Cairn Duhie windfarm, despite planners saying the 20-turbine windfarm did not have a significant impact on the qualities of the Cairngorms National Park. Eleanor Mackintosh, the convener of the CNPA planning committee, said the development, pictured above as it is predicted to appear from the south of the site on the A939, "was a windfarm too far". Water "You heard it here first – a British minister calling for a European supergrid" Energy secretary Ed Davey at the 15th annual symposium of the French Renewable Energy Association in Paris Moody's downgrades Thames and Anglian Thames Water and Anglian Water have been downgraded by ratings agency Moody's as a result of the current price review. Thames Water's holding company, Kemble Finance, and the financing subsidiary of Anglian Water's hold- ing company, Osprey Acquisitions, were downgraded from a stable to negative outlook. Moody's downgraded them because the price review is likely to result in significantly lower dividends being paid from the regulated water companies to the holding companies. Its action follows Ofwat's announce- ment last month that its target weighted average cost of capital (Wacc) is 3.85 per cent for 2015-20, down from 5.1 per cent in the current cycle. Moody's further said Thames Water's credit profile would be strained if it was required to deliver the main construction works asso- ciated with the £4.1 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel. Plugged in Ofwat: Supply pipe transfer will leave customers out of pocket The transfer of privately owned supply pipes to water com- panies would add to customer bills, according to regulator Ofwat, says Conor McGlone on utilityweek.co.uk. Fraser Pithie: I, for one, do not agree with Ofwat's premise. Water companies have, since 1997, provided free repairs to leakage on private supply pipes." Join the discussion with Utility Week's LinkedIn group, Utility Week networking and news Water companies announced their average 2014/15 prices this week, with six water and sewage companies not taking up their full allowed increases. South West Water and water-only company bournemouth Sembcorp brought forward savings from aMP6 to lower bills. See p27 Water and Average Change Average Change Average Average change sewerage water from sewerage from combined in combined bill companies bill 2013/14 bill 2013/14 bill 2014/15 2014/15 2014/15 (£) (%) (£) (%) (£) (£) % anglian 192 3 239 4 431 7 1.6% Dwr Cymru 183 2 257 3 440 6 1.3% Northumbrian 168 3 196 0 364 2 0.6% Severn trent 176 0 157 3 333 3 1.1% South West 228 -8 317 -9 495 -17 c -3.0% c Southern 151 3 286 8 437 11 2.6% thames 211 -1 158 13 370 12 3.4% united utilities 192 0 218 7 410 7 1.8% Wessex 252 3 233 3 485 6 1.3% yorkshire 169 2 204 3 373 6 1.5%