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utILItY WeeK | 29th August - 4th september 2014 | 5 Open Water Markets Limited (OWML) will be wound down by the end of this year, with the programme to open the water market to competition for non-domestic customers by 2017 taken back into Ofwat from January 2015. Under proposals published on Tues- day, Ofwat said OWML would be moth- balled, with the potential to be revived later in the process. The decision to wind down OWML was prompted by the government's classifica- tion of it as a public body, Ofwat said. Before it is closed at the end of the year it will oversee the creation of an advisory panel to work with Ofwat on the market design. This will include the elec- tion of industry representatives. OWML had been searching for a per- manent chief executive since February, when Keith Fowler stood down, but Ofwat will now recruit an internal programme director, reporting to chief regulation officer Sonia Brown. WAter National Grid has chosen steel specialist Mabey Bridge to build six test T-pylons at its Eakring Training Academy in Nottinghamshire. At 35 metres, the T-pylons are 15 metres shorter than traditional lattice towers. The test line will allow the company to rehearse construction and maintenance procedures. Open Water winds down 2.5GW EDF Energy has cut the UK's nuclear output by a quarter – or 2.5GW – because four of its nuclear reactors require inspection after the discovery of a defect on a boiler at reactor 1 of the Heysham 1 nuclear plant "It brings closer the chance that interconnectors could make up 10% of UK electricity generation capacity by 2020" National Grid's director of European business development Peter Boreham on news that Ofgem will move forward with its investment support regime for near-term interconnector development with immediate effect "In many ways it is surprising that a group of this sort does not already exist" Michael Duffy, a solicitor for Pinsent Masons, on the formation of the Young Professionals in Renewables scheme, which has been set up by industry group Scottish Renewables, Pinsent Masons and developer BayWa r.e. UK to foster young industry talent in the Scottish renewable energy sector £5m The total amount United Utilities can expect to earn from National Grid's "dynamic demand" scheme, designed to regulate grid frequency through demand-side management "If I can do anything to accelerate change and make a contribution, that would be fantastic" Former Npower boss Volcker Beckers on joining the board of trustees for sustainability charity Forum for the Future as one of five new recruits to the board