Periodic review 2004: water & sewerage companies' draft business plans

Periodic review 2004: water & sewerage companies' draft business plans - one page summaries

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Periodic review 2004: water & sewerage companies'
draft business plans - one page summaries

Each water company has provided to Ofwat a draft business plan for the period 2005 to 2010. Summaries of these draft plans are available in the table below . Tables 1 and 2 bring together by company a comparison of price limits and household bills. The joint statement issued on 12 August, sets out the price-setting process for the autumn.

The draft business plans set out company proposals in light of the current information available to them. Ofwat will use these draft plans to expose the potential impact of the key issues that will need to be resolved over the remainder of the review. The information will also be used for input into the second stage of the customer research. The results of this research, the draft business plan information, views garnered from the ensuing debate, and advice from the regulators will contribute to the key decisions to be taken during this part of the review.

Companies have submitted three plans; the company's preferred strategy, reference plan A and reference plan B. Reference plan B was only required from the water and sewerage companies and the largest water only company, Three Valleys Water. The implications of the different plans are expressed in terms of changes in outputs, costs, revenue needs, price limits and average bills. The company's preferred strategy explains and justifies its own strategy for outputs, price limits and bills for 2005-10.

Table 3 sets out the average price limit for 2005-10 for the company preferred strategy and reference plan A and B.

In reference plan A and reference plan B the companies have summarised the implications of two different quality and service improvement packages specified by Ofwat. The reference plans reflect assumptions we gave the companies on a number of key variables, these are efficiency, cost of capital and associated financial indices, metering assumptions and forecasts of economic indices (RPI and COPI). The package for reference plan B has more exacting service and quality standards than for reference plan A, and therefore increased costs. The numbers from reference plans A and B will be used to make comparisons between the companies and as the basis of advice from Ofwat to the government.

Companies will submit a final business plan in April 2004.

Company	Document	Format & approximate size
Anglian Water plc	Summary of Anglian Water's preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 23Kb
	Summary of Anglian Water's reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 14Kb
	Summary of Anglian Water's reference plan B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 14Kb
Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water plc	Summary of Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 66Kb
Bristol Water plc	Summary of Bristol Water's preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 59Kb
Bristol Water plc	Summary of Bristol Water's reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 56Kb
Cambridge Water Plc	Summary of Cambridge Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 167Kb
Dee Valley Water Plc	Summary of Dee Valley Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 95Kb
Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water)	Summary of Dwr Cymru's preferred strategy and reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 16Kb
Folkestone & Dover Water Services Ltd	Summary of Folkestone & Dover Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 255Kb
Mid Kent Water plc	Summary of Mid Kent Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 66Kb
Northumbrian Water Ltd	Summary of Northumbrian Water's (company-wide overview) preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 53Kb
	Summary of Northumbrian Water's (company-wide overview) reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 50Kb
	Summary of Northumbrian Water's (Essex & Suffolk Water) preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 56Kb
	Summary of Northumbrian Water's (Essex & Suffolk Water) reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 55Kb
	Summary of Northumbrian Water's (Northumria Region) preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 59Kb
	Summary of Northumbrian Water's (Northumria Region) reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 59Kb
Portsmouth Water plc	Summary of Portsmouth Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A	Microsoft Excel (.xls) - 38Kb
Severn Trent Water Ltd	Summary of Severn Trent Water's preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 16Kb
Severn Trent Water Ltd	Summary of Severn Trent Water's Reference Plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 13Kb
South East Water plc	Summary of South East Water's preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 54Kb
South East Water plc	Summary of South East Water's reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 49Kb
South Staffordshire Water plc	Summary of South Staffordshire Water's preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 20Kb
South Staffordshire Water plc	Summary of South Staffordshire Water's reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 19Kb
South West Water Services Ltd	Summary of South West Water's preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 11Kb
South West Water Services Ltd	Summary of South West Water's reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 11Kb
Southern Water Services Ltd	Summary of Southern Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 104Kb
Sutton & East Surrey Water plc	Summary of Sutton & East Surrey Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A	Microsoft Word (.doc) - 45Kb
Thames Water Utilities Ltd	Summary of Thames Water's preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 16Kb
Thames Water Utilities Ltd	Summary of Thames Water's reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 18Kb
Tendring Hundred Water Services Ltd	Summary of Tendring Hundred Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 17Kb
Three Valleys Water plc	Summary of Three Valleys Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 62Kb
United Utilities Water plc	Summary of United Utilities Water's preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 32Kb
United Utilities Water plc	Summary of United Utilities Water's reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 28Kb
Wessex Water plc	Summary of Wessex Water's preferred strategy and reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 255Kb
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd	Summary of Yorkshire Water's preferred strategy	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 61Kb
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd	Summary of Yorkshire Water's reference plan A & B	Portable Document Format (.pdf) - 61Kb

As part of the scrutiny of the draft business plans Reporter's have prepared a one page public domain summary on each of the company's draft business plans which we have also placed on our website.

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