The pathway to sustainability: Energy and water companies carry huge responsibility when it comes to the environment, equality, diversity and inclusion. Exclusive research from Utility Week and PA Consulting reveals their progress to date and the challenges they face going forward
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Is CCUS a net-zero necessity or a lot of hot air?: Carbon capture has been an early benefificiary of the Labour government's zeal to invest in decarbonisation. But is the £21.7 billion pledged to the technology money well spent or a risky bet on a nascent solution that may never realise its promise?
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The changing face of utilities: Utility Week Forum saw senior figures from across the sector gather to discuss the theme of evolving utilities. Here are a few highlights from two days of content featuring the chair of Ofgem, the CFO of Thames Water and members of the Clean Power 2030 Advisory Commission among others
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All change: Ofgem gives fifirst glimpse of ED3: With distribution networks facing unprecedented levels of transformation, Ofgem has set out its intention to ring the regulatory changes. Utility Week picks out some of those proposals and explores what it might mean for DNOs in the years ahead
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Who will turn the tide for Thames?: Thames Water is in the midst of a fifight to secure funds allowing it to continue trading until the end of the year. But what comes next? Utility Week explores the thorny question of the future ownership of Thames and who are the most prominent runners and riders. These include some giants of infrastructure investment, but sources have warned against overlooking a leftfifield choice in Castle Water
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Can we really deliver clean power by 2030?: The National Energy System Operator this week delivered its offificial advice on whether Great Britain can decarbonise its power system by 2030. The answer was yes…. just. Utility Week gauges snap reactions on the Clean Power 2030 target and asks whether it is feasible
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"There's a journey to go on, we know there's lots of things we have to build"
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Pylon pile-on: The idea of compensating communities that will accommodate new grid infrastructure has captured the imagination of politicians and industry fifigures alike. More than a year since Nick Winser fifirst tabled the proposition, Utility Week examines how the debate around 'pounds for pylons' has spiralled and talks with the scheme's original proponent to see if he still sticks by his recommendation
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There's no Clean Power 2030 without flflex - call it out: The latest meeting of Utility Week's Flexibility Forum surfaced urgent calls for clarity on the role energy flflexibility will play in accelerated decarbonisation of power and mounting frustration with blockers to market development
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More than just a social call: When Octopus Energy employed a qualifified social worker to sit within its customer care department, it was seen as an experiment. But a year on, the team has expanded and so has its inflfluence. Utility Week explores how social workers are deployed and asks if this could only happen in a company that has never had an HR department
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Labour's fifirst 100 days: Keir Starmer's party made energy one of the central policy planks of its election campaign. As the new government approaches 100 days in power, Utility Week explores what has been achieved so far and what the key questions for Labour to answer are
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