As part of the scrutiny of the draft business plans Reporters have prepared a one page public domain summary on each of the company's draft business plans. The Reporter was asked to:
Review the process established by the company to ensure that the public domain summary is well founded and consistently supported by the textual and numerical information in the business plan submitted to us and identify any shortfalls.
Comment upon the consistency of the public domain summary with the numerical information drawn from the business plan tables. And ensure supporting text is consistent with the material assumptions made in the business plan.
Comment on the degree of co-operation he has had from the company. Commenting particularly on access to the final business plan, and the impact this has had on his ability to meeting our timetable.
Summarise whether in his view the company has:
- scrutinised all the options;
- carried out cost effectiveness analyses of the schemes proposed to meet their quality obligations; and
whether the company's preferred strategy represents the least cost option to fulfil its legal obligations and finance its functions.
The Reporter's single page summary should summarise his report on the topics shown on the company table D1 and state whether the company's strategies and figures are consistent with other parts of the company's business plan.
A copy of the Reporters' one page public domain summary has been placed in the Ofwat library.
In the table below we attach a copy of the one page summary of the Reporters' comments on the companies draft business plan and consistency with the company table D1.