Welsh Water is facing a £44.7 million payment after a regulatory investigation found “systemic” problems with sewage spills and inadequate oversight by company bosses. Ofwat said Welsh Water has ...

Takeovers of large water operators will have to be screened by the UK government under changes to national security rules on investments. Chief secretary to the prime minister Darren Jones said the ...

Industry stalwart Derek Lickorish believes that “it won’t take long” before energy suppliers start to go bust, if the conflict in the Middle East continues for an extended period. Lickorish, chair of ...

Campaigners have launched a legal challenge over the government’s bathing water reforms, warning swimming spots could be written off as “too polluted to protect”. Charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) ...

All new electric vehicle chargers and heat pumps installed after 1 January 2027 would need a “digital tax disc”, under proposals put forward by the Energy Geeks thinktank. The group has this week ...

To access this insight, please login to your Utility Week account or become a member. If your organisation already has a corporate membership and you haven’t activated it simply follow the register ...

Elon Musk’s Tesla Energy Ventures has been allowed to supply electricity to both domestic and business customers in Great Britain. Ofgem granted an electricity supplier license to the company, seven ...

Water companies are still monitoring their own sewage spills with no date set for ending the policy, a parliamentary ...

Nobody saw it coming, but very few were ultimately surprised by Engie’s acquisition of UK Power Networks. Utility Week looks at the deal in more detail and explores what it means for the future of the ...

An industry expert has given tentative support to proposals by the National Energy System Operator to once again lower its minimum requirement for system inertia. Keith Bell, a professor at the ...

To access this insight, please login to your Utility Week account or become a member. If your organisation already has a corporate membership and you haven’t activated it simply follow the register ...

The government has unveiled proposals to align data centres' access to grid connections with new regional targets for the power-hungry developments. A new consultation paper outlines proposals by the ...