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People & Opinion Utility Week community UTILITY WEEK | 15TH - 21ST JULY 2016 | 7 Brexit means greater flexibility on energy policy In the 1980s and 1990s, the UK energy market was regarded as the model for the rest of the EU. We led the way on denationalisation, the removal of price controls, the Blog Clive Moffatt, principal associate, JBP Energy establishment of an independent transmission network, the launch of retail supply competition and the creation of an independent industry regulator. The EU tried to mimic what was happening in the UK across all member states. Various EU energy directives have had some success in delivering market liberalisation, but member states have, on the whole, been reluctant to let energy policy slip from their grasp. The Brussels vision of a single energy market is thus very unlikely to be realised. To read the full article, visit: http://bit.ly/29jM1m2 "Instead of developing the plan, they are leaving the boat." EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker accuses high-profile Brexit campaigners of quitting when the going got tough. Anglian Water crowned World Water Cup champions 2016 The reigning UK drilling and tapping champi- ons from Anglian Water travelled to Chicago last month to take on rivals from America and the Netherlands. The competition requires the three teams to undertake a tap using each of the countries' methods, with the times on every run, including any penalties incurred, added together to give a final run time. The team with the fastest overall time is declared the winner. The UK team of Anglian Water's national champions Jason Barratt and Lee Maddocks, together with Alan Wells and Malcolm Holmes, clocked an overall time of 10 minutes 10.26 seconds, which was enough to secure first place and crown them world champions. The Dutch team, Waternet Amsterdam, posted a final overall time of 10 minutes 29.07 seconds, while US champions SADM Monterrey could only manage a total overall time of 13 minutes 41.04 seconds. £4,313 The amount awarded by the SSE Clyde (Dumfries and Galloway) Community Fund to the Moffatt Mountain Rescue Team for the purchase of essential new equipment. Southern staff tackle mammoth task Staff from Southern Water's Chatham office took on a mammoth task as part of the company's community volunteering programme. The team spent a day helping the elephant keepers at Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury, doing everything from clearing dung and loading straw to cutting back shrubs and painting the huge metal doors and railings. This was the sixth time staff from the company have helped at Howletts and makes up some of the 660 hours of volunteering its employees have delivered in the past three months. Staff also provide financial and practi- cal support to charities, community projects and school programmes. 19,072 The number of school pupils visited by NI Water's education team during the 2015/16 school year. "Trans- forming Leeds into a hydrogen city would be a bold step." Leeds City Council executive member for environment and sustainability, Lucinda Yeadon "This is a major opportunity for our country to become a world leader." H21 project manager at Northern Gas Networks, Dan Sadler LEEDS TO LEAD Ambitious plans to convert significant parts of the UK gas grid to be 100 per cent hydrogen have been outlined in the Northern Gas Networks H21 Leeds City Gate report. The report stated the conver- sion would start in Leeds and would be rolled out incrementally across the UK, helping to cut UK heating emissions by a minimum of 73 per cent.