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September 2008

Nice new motor

23 September 2008

Volunteers from the Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA) rescue team are the proud owners of a new four-wheel drive vehicle... ...more »

Tags: Central Networks

You've got to keep your finger on the button...

23 September 2008

What was the man thinking of? Disconnector refers to business secretary John Hutton, who made a bullish speech last week... ...more »

Tags: Hutton

Nobody's safe from the small print...

23 September 2008

Next week a windfarm public inquiry resumes at Coldingham village hall in the Scottish Borders. It started weeks ago but... ...more »

Tags: wind

Sometimes, life does hang by a wire

23 September 2008

Well it was always high risk. Disconnector was not surprised to discover that Kirk Thompson from Bettwys, Newport, has paid... ...more »

Tags: copper theft

Born to spin

23 September 2008

Now here is some stuff you may not know about Eon UK's top lobbyist, Guy Esnouf. Our man was in... ...more »

Tags: Eon UK

Oars away:

17 September 2008

London's Burning actor Glen Murphy (centre left) helped fire up competitors taking part in recent dragon boat racing at Essex... ...more »

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Methinks the lot them do protest too much

17 September 2008

Those Republic of Ireland protesters against the pipeline planned to bring gas from the Corrib gas field to a terminal... ...more »

Tags: gas

When world's collide...

17 September 2008

Ofgem's recent seminar was noteworthy for the fact that there was no discussion at all about the impact of the... ...more »

Tags: Ofgem

Trader catches cold over joke

17 September 2008

Last week's Winter Outlook seminar organised by Ofgem was noteworthy on a number of levels. First, there was the furore... ...more »

Tags: Ofgem

Big billing problems with big bills

12 September 2008

Energy-wise, it seems to have gone a bit Pete Tong down in the West Country. A "minor billing problem" has... ...more »

Tags: Billing, EDF Energy, Eon UK

End of an era:

10 September 2008

The men in orange are members of B Shift Fuel Route Team at the Chapelcross Magnox nuclear power plant in... ...more »

Tags: Chapelcross, nuclear

Dangerous money for old rope

10 September 2008

More dispatches from the fraught frontline of metal theft. Now, the great man is well aware that manhole covers are... ...more »

Tags: Metal theft, Scottish and Southern Energy

Getting control of unwanted gasses

10 September 2008

More good news. The great man was encouraged by the news that farming boffins have come up with a super... ...more »

Tags: Emissions, gas

£2m worth two birds in the bush

10 September 2008

Now here's a heart-warming tale frae bonny Scotland. A pair of Golden Eagles has succeeded in rearing two chicks for... ...more »

Tags: Golden Eagles, ScottishPower

What we did on our holidays Part 3

05 September 2008

Not one for the children or slightly sqeamish, Part 3 of our series reveals Utility Week's political and environment... ...more »

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What we did on our holidays Part 2

05 September 2008

In Part 2 of an occasional series on what we did on our holidays, here is Utility Week editor... ...more »

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What we did on our holidays

04 September 2008

Part One of an occasional series - what Utility Week staffers do in their spare time. Pictured in the... ...more »

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The naked truth

02 September 2008

A group of naked Climate Camp residents turned up at the headquarters of the Department for Business, Enterprise and... ...more »

Tags: Climate Change, policy

Beach break:

02 September 2008

Seaside mascot the Jolly Fisherman and Anglian Water environmental ambassador Captain Splosh have been spotted eating fish 'n' chips... ...more »

Tags: Anglian Water, water

Regina's here for the long haul

02 September 2008

Now what do you make of this? Disconnector's extensive network of informants in the Irish Republic has reported that Regina... ...more »

Tags: Ofwat

Help with your bill...

02 September 2008

The great man is not sure whether to laugh or cry at the news that a Masonic lodge in Edinburgh... ...more »

Tags: British Gas

Buzz words

02 September 2008

Disconnector was also much taken with the news (uncovered by World Nuclear News) that the Sellafield site in Cumbria suffered... ...more »

Tags: nuclear

Blue is the new black

02 September 2008

Dear reader, here is an important item of nuclear news which may have slipped under your radar. The boys and... ...more »

Tags: nuclear