Ofwat not heeding utilities’ lessons in competition bid_2
19 July 2012
Water regulator Ofwat is failing to heed the lessons learnt by the gas and electricity industries as it seeks to establish competition in the water supply industry, according to the former director-general of gas regulator Ofgas.
Effective competition in the water industry will depend on breaking up ownership of the water services supply chain to give commercial users a greater choice of suppliers, Clare Spottiswoode told delegates to the Utel energy and utilities conference in Birmingham. “We need to know who has control of water and at which points,” said Spottiswoode, now chairwoman of...