Water

  • Business supply and services

    Flying too close to the sun – SoLR processes in water and energy blog

    Yesterday, Aquaflow Utilities entered administration and as a result exited the non-domestic water retail market in England & Wales. This is the first time an English water retailer has suffered an uncontrolled exit from the water market, but over the last 18 months 11 energy suppliers have exited the electricity...

  • Water

    Water companies unveil benefits for customers over next price control

    Since early this year there has been a lot of focus on the “legitimacy challenge” to the water industry: the question of whether or not the privatised profit-driven model of water companies that has been followed since 1989 is currently delivering for consumers. Leading the charge has been Jeremy Corbyn’s...

  • Water

    The flood gates open? – Water market switching reaches milestone

    The latest issue of Water Spectrum issued yesterday. It included analysis of MOSL’s latest switching data, which show that a year after business market opening in England, well over 100,000 supply points (4.6% by meters and 10.5% by volume of water) are no longer buying water and sewerage services from their incumbent....

  • Water

    Final methodology for tough new water price control contains few concessions

    Ofwat released the final version of its methodology for the 2019 price review (PR19) on 13 December, having published the draft for consultation in July. The water regulator has repeatedly touted each successive price control as being its toughest one yet, but they have usually turned out to be fairly...