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April 2008
Making an entrance
Disconnector was intrigued to learn that most of the companies bidding for the very big contract to run the Sellafield... ...more »
Green with envy
Former trade and energy minister Brian Wilson obviously enjoys putting the green movement’s noses out of joint...... ...more »
I don't believe it!
Maybe it's the way you tell 'em. Recently, telecoms regulator Ofcom suggested that the next generation of super-fast broadband cables... ...more »
When the going gets tough...
Should Severn Trent's erstwhile chairman Sir David Arculus be renamed the Teflon knight? Disconnector muses thus in the wake of... ...more »
A rose by any other name...
Could this start a trend? The great man notes that across the pond the good folk of the land of... ...more »
Rugby rivalry
Supporting UK sports is raising tricky issues for utilities. Take EDF Energy, which sponsored rugby’s Anglo-Welsh Cup last Saturday. It... ...more »
Hot metal
Metal nicking is now clearly endemic, universal and ubiquitous. The great man reflects thus after learning that the Saudi Electricity... ...more »
This beach is a toilet!
Recent visitors to the beach at the Devon resort of Dawlish were no doubt taken aback and concerned to see... ...more »
Everybody needs good neighbours
On the grounds that it always happens first in the States and then gets exported over here, be very worried... ...more »
Incredible… but true?
Last week a UK website had a news story claiming that “Most households are now switching energy supplier every 20... ...more »
Shocking truths
Now here’s another sign of the times. Copper piping and wiring found in many of America’s repossessed homes are now... ...more »
Political football with Scottish Water
The arrival of the competitive market in Scotland has coincided with the revival of the debate among Members of the... ...more »
Those who can, don't
Here's something to ponder. “A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can... ...more »
New-build shortcuts...
Disconnector notes that EDF's newest reactor project, at Flamanville in Normandy, has run into a spot of bother.... ...more »
A wall of silence
Nuclear safety regulator the Health and Safety Executive has just published reports on the four nuclear reactor designs under consideration... ...more »
Green dreams hit a downer
The great man (Disconnector, not our Ken) notes that a German town got more than it bargained for when it... ...more »
Poachers and gamekeepers
Shock has been expressed at the news that Jonathan Hodgkin, director of network regulation at water regulator Ofwat, is to... ...more »
Green at the gills
Disconnector is much taken by the news that Germany’s Reichstag is bidding to become the greenest parliamentary building in the... ...more »
You can't copyright everything
Commiserations are in order over at French utility company Suez. It wanted to register the phrase “delivering the essentials of... ...more »
These walls are paper thin
The arrival of water competition for Scottish business customers has seen Scottish Water split into retail and wholesale operations. The... ...more »