Thames Water has announced that is it updating its recently submitted PR24 business plan, seeking an additional £1.1 billion increase in AMP8 total expenditure to £19.8 billion. It has also proposed that a further £1.9 billion of potential investment is placed into a “Deliverability Assessment Mechanism”. This would increase annual average customer bills by a […]
Ofwat has published key facts from water companies’ business plans 2025-2030, with information on proposed increases in investment and customer bills. The regulator is currently scrutinising these plans, including looking at water companies’ ambition for customers and the environment and the affordability of plans for customers. The proposals could see bills increase significantly by 2030, […]
Average yearly water and sewerage bills in England and Wales are forecast to rise by £31 (7.5%) to £448 in the forthcoming year, below inflation (November CPIH inflation, which regulators set as the benchmark, was 9.3%). Water bills remain lower, in real terms, than they were a decade ago. Read more at Water UK The […]
Greener UK Update ‘Our best wishes to everyone as we continue to work through these difficult times. We hope you are looking forward to a well-deserved summer break. As we head into the parliamentary summer recess, one word describes the future of the UK’s environmental governance framework- uncertain. Three articles: Government at risk of trading […]
Well here are all the things that were lost when Parliament was prorogued, the Withdrawal, Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries Bills. Click here to see the speech.