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Utility Regulation 2011 – Delivering Investment and Customer Value
Huge investment in network infrastructure is needed to ensure that energy and water supplies continue to be available to meet demand. At the same time Government wants the UK to transition to a low carbon economy whist also keeping prices to consumers at levels which are acceptable. Is it possible to incentivise investment in infrastructure for the renewable future without over-burdening consumers? Have Regulators been influencing policy too much with their many and varied incentive mechanisms? Will the reviews of the role of Ofgem and Ofwat lead to changes in the Regulator’s role with policy functions taken back into Government? Should Ofgem and Ofwat be focussed purely on economic regulation and, if so, what will such a change mean in reality? These are the exciting and challenging questions being addressed by Government, regulators and the regulated.
The Utility Regulation conference will also take a look at how RIIO is shaping up – will it deliver the levels of investment and innovation needed in the energy transmission and gas distribution sectors? Meanwhile in the water sector, the conference will take a look at how the Gray Review of Ofwat might lead to major changes in regulation, competition and mergers. The conference will address what these developments will mean for the shareholders / owners of the utilities and their ability to deliver the returns and investment necessary to deliver our future utility networks.
Join us for this seventh annual seminar in the series where these issues will be addressed, and other approaches and ideas introduced .
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The National Skills Academy for Power (NSAP), which received around £3 million of government funding, has gained approval.
NSAP, originally announced in 2008, is the 15th National Skills Academy. It is mandated to make sure people have the right skills to work in the energy sector now and in the future. One of the challenges NSAP faces is the development of a “seven-fold” increase in skills needed to deliver the planned 45GW of renewable generation capacity. NSAP is envisaged as a partnership led by Sector Skills Council Energy & Utility Skills, with support from more than 15 employers including E.ON, EDF Energy and National
Grid.
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