Utility Week

Scottish referendum Utilities in an independent Scotland The last days of the union? With the Scottish referendum only a matter of weeks away, Utility Week examines the issues facing utilities operating north of the border if Scotland votes for independence. The last days of the union? With the Scottish referendum only a matter of weeks away, • Ed Davey and Fergus Ewing, p10 Politicians go head to head on the In and Out campaigns • Regulation, p12 Untangling the energy sector will be no easy task • Retail, p12 The retail sector faces an uncertain future until legislative and regulatory issues are resolved • Water, p14 A pan-utility regulator could learn lessons from Scotland's water industry, • Transmission, p14 Who will pay for what in a single wholesale energy network?, • Trading, p14 Scottish consumers could end up paying more in a single energy market • Investment, p15 Independence deters investors, • Conclusion, p16 T hursday, 18 September 2014: polling day, when the Scottish electorate get their say on whether the Great British union should be disbanded. But with 5.3 million people living in Scot- land, it will not be as simple as drawing a line in the ground and waving goodbye to the English. Regulation, investment, retail, transmission and distribution, water, and trading will all feel the force of a "yes" vote. The debate continues over what will hap- pen should Scotland vote for independence, and many of the key questions remain just that. But with Scottish Independence Day already pencilled in by the SNP for 24 March 2016, these questions must be answered. Over the next eight pages, Utility Week examines the issues facing the utilities that are based, operate and trade in Scotland, if the yes campaign is successful. UTILITY WEEK | 1ST - 7TH AUGUST 2014 | 9 SCOTLAND IN NUMBERS 1.3 billion Litres of drinking water every day (Scottish Water) 6,592MW Total installed renewable capacity in Scot- land in 2013 (Scottish Renewables) 36,582GWh Scotland's electricity consumption in 2013 (Scottish Renewables) 11,695 Number of people in full-time employment in renewable energy in Scotland in 2013 (Scottish Renewables) 2.5 million Number of domestic electricity consumers in Scotland (27 million in Great Britain) 256 Water treatment works (Scottish Water) 29,892 Miles of water pipes (Scottish Water) 1,836 Waste water treatment works (Scottish Water) 31,109 Miles of sewer pipes (Scottish Water) 10,717GWh Amount of electricity transferred from Scotland to England in 2012 (Decc)

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