Frontier News
- European Commission publishes evaluation of regional development fund 19.07.2010.
- Necessary inventions - Frontier Economics bulletin15.07.2010.
- Euroforum launches audio course on the German gas industry07.07.2010.
- Liberalisation of Greek gambling market07.07.2010.
- Ofqual publishes report on markets for regulated qualifications07.07.2010.
- Possible sale of Irish state assets06.07.2010.
- EU launches consultation into retail sector05.07.2010.
- Guidelines on how to procure and implement PPPs in the EU05.07.2010.
- Ofgem publishes preliminary conclusions on incentive scheme for National Grid 05.07.2010.
- Anton Burger publishes paper on investment decisions in regulated markets 01.07.2010.
Liquid markets - Frontier Economics bulletin
Climate change, population growth and tougher environmental standards present a considerable challenge for UK water and wastewater sectors. Specifically, how can the industry and regulators make sure that we use water more effectively and efficiently as it gets scarcer?
The answer might lie in making water companies explicitly pay for, and compete for, the water they use. In 2008, the UK Government asked for an independent review of the scope to use competition to drive innovation in the industry (the Cave Review). It is now consulting on the recommendations. Frontier's latest bulletin looks at the lessons available from Australia, a country that has used water abstraction licence trading for several years in order to address its own problems of water scarcity.
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