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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 .
See programme below or book your place now
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SBGI Utility Networks took a stand at the Gastech Conference & Exhibition, Amsterdam, 21-24 March.
Participating members on the stand were Crane Building Services & Utilites, Gas Measurement Instruments, Syddal Engineering, Technolog and BDR Thermea (Baxi).
View the event photographs on Flickr here
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This is a very important new partnership for IBM as we embark on a “decade of smart” where we believe smarter technologies can be applied to make the world’s systems more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent.
For example, energy and utility companies are finding more efficient ways to generate and distribute power and water. Cities are deploying traffic solutions to help society save time and money. Consumer products companies are using intelligence to make and deliver better quality products, faster and for less money. And it’s only the beginning. IBM UK is working on two key areas within our Smarter Planet initiative: Energy and Cities.
We are working with public and private sector and other influencers to better understand the challenges our country faces and how we can provide smarter solutions for our energy and water systems for years to come. With 80 years of leadership experience in helping businesses transform, IBM offers a wide range of consulting services, deep industry solutions and new technologies that enable utility companies to take advantage of new business innovation. We want to continue our journey in gaining a deep understanding of the challenges our clients face.
That is why we had no hesitation in partnering with SBGI, it is essential we forge these partnerships to get us close to the core, working with members in partnership to find answers. With advances in technology—sophisticated sensor networks, smart meters, deep computing and analytics—we can be smarter about how we manage our planet’s energy and water
systems.
For further information
www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/uk/en/smart_grid/ideas
Contact Bill Sullivan, IBM Marketing
Manager Smarter Energy e-mail: sullivaw@uk.ibm.com
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