Date:
Thursday, July 13, 2017 - 09:00 to 13:00
Location:
Central London
Event Website:
The focus:
Next steps for water market reform in England.
Context:
- With the planned publication of Ofwat’s consultation on the methodology for its Price Review 2019 (PR19) expected in June or July;
- Follows the launch of the Open Water non-household water market; and
- An independent report on water resilience published last year led by Jean Spencer, Executive Director, Strategic Growth & Resilience, Anglian Water; and
- The recently concluded government consultation on the next Strategic Policy Statement (SPS) to be issued to Ofwat, which will replace the previous SPS issued in 2013.
Areas for discussion include:
- Next steps for PR19, the wider economic and regulatory environment, and priorities for engagement with the sector;
- Competition in the market and possibilities for M&A and new entrants;
- Responding to future reform: utilities provision, tariffs, and pricing;
- Environmental regulation and resilience in UK water resources;
- Practicalities on maintaining and improving infrastructure; and
- The policy priorities and government perspective on a regulated water market.