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February 2009
A juicy fight about branding
What's in a name? Well, if you are the retail end of RWE Npower, with an established green tariff known... ...more »
Isn't it high time we started thinking smart?
Well done The Sun. The great man applauds a recent exclusive in the red top which was headlined "The high... ...more »
If I were you, I'd boil that water
Over in the Republic of Ireland the locals in the Tulligmore area of Killorglin are getting hot and bothered about... ...more »
Now, where did I put that nuclear waste?
Where there's muck, there's brass, runs the old adage. Maybe that needs a change in Cumbria where the owners and... ...more »
Shallow grave?
Nope. These good people are staff from United Utilities clearing allotments in east Gorton as part of the company's community... ...more »
Love is in the air:
Northumbrian Water supported the launch of the British Trust for Ornithology's National Nest Box Week, which began on Valentine's Day,... ...more »
It's a chill wind...
Scots of Antarctica. A wind turbine manufacturer from north of the border has supplied eight turbines to help power the... ...more »
A nice little house in the country
Here, surely, is a sign of the green shoots of recovery. The remote Cumbrian farmhouse made famous by the 1986... ...more »
When the church means business
Disconnector cannot remember anything quite like this piece of poetic justice. Or maybe it's an example of birds coming home... ...more »
Sometimes batty ideas are the best ones
Bolt hole: does this picture show the water industry's until now secret hidey hole in case the row over drainage... ...more »
Say it with a plant
With Valentine's Day looming, Southern Water has come up with what it hopes is a green-tinged romantic gesture that hits... ...more »
Modern words for modern times
The following made Disconnector smile. These are some of the winners of this year's Washington Post Mensa Invitational, which asked... ...more »
Get orf my land...
Now here's an intriguing tale. A Dorset farmer whose family felt it had a duty to allow a water company... ...more »
Don't eat the snow, it's dirty
Just for the record - and in the interests of public safety and hygiene - Disconnector is pleased to contribute... ...more »
Show us yours...
...snowman pictures, that is! Here are a couple of utility related snow people photos - if you have built a... ...more »
Just hanging around...
This pic shows a crack team from vegetation management specialists BTS Group. They are celebrating the fact that the company... ...more »
Longer-lastiing debates about light bulbs
In the Palace of Westminster their Lordships have been getting ever so slightly heated about the phasing out of traditional... ...more »
The mystery of the dead cockles
Things are getting a bit heated down Llanelli way where millions of pounds of development have been put on hold... ...more »
A picture paints a thousand lies
Labour peer Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe has been getting a tad tetchy in the Upper House. Recently he complained that... ...more »
Sorry I'm late, I ran all the way here
Those parliamentarians are nothing if not competitive. Last week, for example, former Tory shadow energy minister Bernard Jenkin MP and... ...more »
Landing a fat profit on nuclear power
Now here's an intriguing tale. It turns out that a Lancashire-based land development company is among the bidders for Nuclear... ...more »