Gain insight from two leading visionaries from UK utilities as industry adapts to a new global climate and rewrites the regulatory script. Pose your questions to two CEOs to understand their direction of travel while promoting cross-sector collaboration, prioritising customer satisfaction and balancing environmental and financial commitments at this crucial time. Discussion points include:

• Establishing the role of UK utilities in a new world order
• Adapting to geopolitical shifts and tariffs
• Redefining the public purpose of utilities 
• Managing supply chain vulnerabilities 
• Ensuring proactive continuous improvement to prevent crises 
• Priorities amid price reviews

Utility Week’s Editor in Chief, James Wallin, poses questions to Water UK’s Regulation Director at this crucial time, to get exclusive insight into the Cunliffe report and what the future of regulation should look like. 

Challenges in the sector include innovation spending for AMP8, redeterminations, prioritising the consumer, the role of AI and digital tools, cross sector collaboration, and clarity on responsibilities. 

Energy regulators and policymakers sit down with Utility Week’s editor, James Wallin, to answer the hard-hitting questions keeping the energy industry awake at night. Have your say during audience Q&A and ensure you’re a part of the discussion to shape policies and frameworks for power and gas.

Hear from DESNZ on their review into Ofgem’s responsibilities, contributing to increased clarity and collaboration across government bodies while integrating NESO. Join the debate on zonal pricing and grid constraints, delivering to meet demand in a generation-led system, while breaking down barriers to innovation and increasing investment in renewables. 

Speaker to be announced: Senior Representative, Ofgem

• Securing investment in a low-carbon economy
• Communicating ESG value to financial markets
• Raising capital to fund major projects and reservoir build in the UK while aligning with regulation

• Attracting investment in a competitive market
• Stability and predictability in regulation while building financial resilience
• Ensuring a forward-looking perspective

• Exploring strategies for navigating financial challenges in utilities
• Meeting Price Review deadlines while maintaining service standards
• Making a credible case for increased consumer charges while dealing with media scrutiny
• Importance of early risk indicators and stress testing

• A chance to give your opinion in an interactive polling session to shape the pathway to achieving net zero. 

• How can we design out carbon in AMP8, AMP9 and RIIO-4 to meet environmental goals? 

• To what extent are we maximising innovation funding to improve biodiversity?  

• How can we ensure that decisions taken in the interests of economic growth today can also be compatible with Net Zero by 2050? 

• How can we increase community engagement in the planning process? Do we understand consumer wants relating to the environment?  

• How can we adapt assets to suit a more volatile range of circumstances while managing cost? To what extent can we ease pressures on materials through developing a more circular economy? 

• What is the future of wind and solar? 

• What role does the gas network play in delivering economic growth today? Can it still have a role to play in doing this, as the energy system changes with decarbonisation? 

• What should the sectors’ next steps be? Is the government’s mission to become a Clean Energy Superpower compatible with the plan to make Britain an AI Superpower?