Chair:Steve Smith, Lloyds Banking Group Contributions from:Laura Sandys, Challenging IdeasSian Jones, XoservePhil Jones, Northern Powergrid
Our Westminster Conference brought these themes together to examine the central question of the new social licence to operate. The conference included contributions from international experience as well as policy makers, regulated companies and advisors across the utility sector
Delivered by:Kersti Berge, Director for Energy and Climate Change, Scottish Government. with remarks from Professor George Yarrow, Chairman Emeritus and founder, RPI
Chair:Dr Tony Ballance, Director of Strategy and Regulation, Severn Trent Water Contributions from:Jason Mann, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting;Emily Clark, Chief Economist, BT Group;Lewis Dale,
Chair:Ed Humpherson (UK Statistics Authority) Contributions from:Siobhan Carty, ORR;David Black, Ofwat; andJason Dorsett, Chief Finance Officer, Oxford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This year’s conference had a single theme: the use of evidence in decisions taken by regulatory agencies and competition law enforcement bodies. It is motivated
Delivered by:Sharon Darcy, Director, Sustainability First
Based on accumulated knowledge and experience, the conference examined the features of a number of the major pathologies that can have adverse effects on the functioning of regulatory processes, including the signs, causes, and potential means of remediation of recurring malfunctions.
A roundtable discussion with contributions from:Professor Robert Hahn, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford;Cathryn Ross, Ofwat;Tony Ballance, Severn Trent Water;Maxine Frerk,
This year’s conference occurred in a period of great disturbance and volatility that poses multiple challenges, not only to the ways in which competition and