Bristol Water plc price determination

Ofwat referred an appeal from Bristol Water plc to the CMA for a water price determination.

From:: Competition and Markets Authority
Published: 4 March 2015
Last updated: 21 October 2015 鈥� See all updates

Case type:: Regulatory references and appeals
Case state:: Closed
Market sector:: Utilities
Outcome:: Regulatory references and appeals - final determination
Opened:: 4 March 2015
Closed:: 6 October 2015

Administrative timetable

Published on 12 August 2015, as required by Rule 7 of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Rules of Procedure for Merger, Market and Special Reference Groups. This revised timetable replaces the one published on 31 July 2015. Any revisions made to the timetable will be published on this website.

Date	Action
3 November 2015	Deadline for determination to be sent by CMA to Ofwat
7 August 2015	Final deadline for representations
Early August 2015	Further main party hearings
10 July 2015	Publish provisional findings
15 June 2015	Deadline for representations before provisional findings
June 2015	Main party hearings
13 April 2015	Deadline for Bristol Water鈥檚 response to Ofwat鈥檚 reply
25 March 2015	Deadline for Ofwat鈥檚 reply to Bristol Water鈥檚 submission
11 March 2015	Deadline for submission from Bristol Water
4 March 2015	Reference made

Final determination

6 October 2015: Bristol Water will have to reduce the prices it charges customers to below those in its business plan.

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Press release: CMA confirms Bristol Water prices set to fall (6.10.15)

Extension of price determination period

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Responses to provisional findings

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Provisional findings

10 July 2015: The CMA has provisionally found Bristol Water should reduce the prices it charges customers until 2020 to below those in the company鈥檚 business plan. The consultation has now closed.

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Press release: Bristol Water prices set to fall after CMA ruling (10.7.15)

Third party hearing summaries

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Third party initial submissions

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Main party submissions

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Bristol Water statement of case (PDF, 8Mb) and (PDF, 6Mb) (25.3.15)
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Inquiry group appointed

11 March 2015: The CMA has appointed the inquiry group.

Inquiry Group: Anne Lambert (Chair of the group), Robin Aaronson, Katherine Holmes, Stephen Oram

Notice of reference

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Reference decision

4 March 2015: Ofwat (The Water Services Regulation Authority) has referred an appeal from Bristol Water to the CMA for determination. This follows Bristol Water鈥檚 decision to reject Ofwat鈥檚 final determination on water price limits for the period 2015 to 2020.

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