{"id":937,"date":"2021-02-26T18:54:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/?p=937"},"modified":"2021-02-26T18:54:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:54:12","slug":"fairness-in-utilities-what-are-the-implications-of-public-purpose-for-companies-policy-makers-and-regulators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/2021\/02\/26\/fairness-in-utilities-what-are-the-implications-of-public-purpose-for-companies-policy-makers-and-regulators\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairness in utilities: What are the implications of public purpose for companies, policy makers and regulators?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our WIRC@Bath Advisory Board members, Martin Hurst, is organising the above conference, and has asked that we promote the event across our networks.\u00a0 <strong>30th March, 2:00 \u2013 4:30pm <\/strong>This conference is free to attend, <a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sustainabilityfirst.org.uk%2Fforthcoming-events%2F127-forthcoming-events%2F241-fairness-in-utilities&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ccestca%40bath.ac.uk%7C8ffc63950797483c535808d8d800ce41%7C377e3d224ea1422db0ad8fcc89406b9e%7C0%7C0%7C637496845785620116%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&amp;sdata=ZpK4kkVukxN93zan%2FQnDVEd2adxjotSe5kizWSh3ofg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">click here<\/a> to register.<\/p>\n<p>We are at a crucial time in determining economic regulation in utilities for the decades ahead. Not least in relation to Net-Zero, and the forthcoming Treasury Review of economic regulation, but also considering recent announcements, including the Government's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, the Sixth Carbon Budget, the National Infrastructure Strategy, the Energy White Paper, and the launch of Ofwat's PR24 exercise, as well as increasing focus on corporate purpose amongst investors.<\/p>\n<p>This conference aims to set the agenda for future policy and regulation in utilities; an agenda that helps deliver purpose over the long-term. We will discuss what a purposive agenda looks like and what it requires of government and regulators.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will mark the culmination of three years' in-depth, cutting-edge research and analysis into the politics of fairness in utilities. It will follow the publication (March 2021) of an extensive paper on the implications of public purpose for policy and regulation in utilities and recommendations from Sustainability First for rethinking the regulatory system to deliver fairness.<\/p>\n<p>You will hear from speakers with extensive expertise in policy, regulation, investment, and corporate purpose across energy, water, and communications.<\/p>\n<p>Keynotes from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Colin Mayer - Sa\u00efd Business School<\/li>\n<li>Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other speakers will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suleman Alli \u2013 Director of Customer Services, Strategy and Regulation, UK Power Networks<\/li>\n<li>Dame Polly Courtice \u2013 Founder and Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Non-Executive Director of Anglian Water<\/li>\n<li>Rachel Fletcher \u2013 CEO, Ofwat<\/li>\n<li>Rachel McEwen \u2013 Chief Sustainability Officer, SSE<\/li>\n<li>Lawrence Slade \u2013 Global Infrastructure Investor Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sustainability First\u202fis\u202fa\u202fcharity and think tank\u202fthat promotes practical, sustainable solutions\u202fto improve environmental, social, and economic wellbeing\u202fin utilities such as energy, water, communications, and waste.\u202f\u202fTo find out more about our work in this area and the Fair for the Future project, visit: <a href=\"www.sustainabilityfirst.org.uk\">www.sustainabilityfirst.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our WIRC@Bath Advisory Board members, Martin Hurst, is organising the above conference, and has asked that we promote the event across our networks.\u00a0 30th March, 2:00 \u2013 4:30pm This conference is free to attend, click here to register....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1246,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[230,1,232,4,234,235,8,13,12,10],"tags":[201,632],"class_list":["post-937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coastalengineering","category-other","category-urbanwater","category-wastewatertreatment","category-circulareconomy","category-watersupply","category-weir","category-wessexwater","category-wirc","category-wise","tag-conference","tag-sustainability"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}