Anglian Water confidently led the way on March 30th for the industry’s first ‘Your Water Your Say’ session. The new events, required and designed by water regulator Ofwat and the consumer watchdog CCW, are an opportunity for customers, communities, and wider stakeholders to ask their water company questions that matter to them in an open forum.
Over the last two years regulator Ofgem has been working with the electricity distribution networks and wider stakeholders to set the price control for the next 5 years (known as RIIO ED2). In its Review of Economic Regulation, the government is proposing to make water appeals more like those in energy. But we think the energy arrangements are flawed too.
Isabella Martin is an artist who explores the friction between us and our environment and the ways we both shape and are shaped by our surroundings. She shares her experience of her North Sea Residency in Norfolk.
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There are around 3 million households in Great Britain who effectively face a lottery in the current energy market, in terms of price and service. These customers, who are on Economy 7 or similar electricity tariffs, represent around 10% of all households, and are not getting the price protection they deserve.
Alison Cooke is an artist who digs deep to tell stories about the land. Here she shares her experience of her North Sea residency and working with local communities.
As the year comes to an end, Executive Director David Murray reflects on the past 12 months and the role of the public in behaviour change. It is increasingly clear that consumers are prepared to make changes to tackle climate change and reduce energy use.
As electricity travels across the transmission and distribution networks from where it is generated to where it is consumed up to 10% of it is “lost” – typically in the form of heat. We recently estimated that from October 2022, across transmission and distribution, losses would be costing a typical household around £100 pa. This blog explains how we reached that figure and our calculations.
Ofwat and the water industry face something of a perfect storm at a time when trust in the water industry, and to a lesser extent the regulator, has been eroded. At the same time, the industry is facing its 2024 price review, potentially the most important intervention by Ofwat for a generation.
The lengthy negotiation over the £20-30 billion sought by the electricity distribution networks for the next five years is being finalised. Ofgem has published its Draft Determinations on the RIIO price controls for the electricity distribution companies, setting out what revenues the networks can earn and what they must deliver. While we support much of Ofgem’s proposals, we are extremely sorry to see the regulator backtrack on proposals to financially incentivise companies to reduce their environmental impact.
For anyone who has spent time campaigning for change, any victory, however small, can feel like a major breakthrough. Whether it’s preventing Eurostar from forcing people to breakdown their bicycles and store them in a box for travel, or securing the public’s right of access along the coast, I’ve been there and had that sense of achievement from change for social and environmental good.
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