CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK TO THE 2023 FINALISTS...
Recognising the vital role contractors and engineering consultancies play in planning and delivering the projects that will futureproof the UK’s utilities infrastructure and their part in driving forward innovation.
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D2 - Management and Coordination of Utility Diversions for Major Projects and new Development Infrastructure
EA Technology - Road to Net Zero
Kier Natural Resources, Nuclear & Networks and Craley Group - Fibre in Water
Stantec - Stantec: Futureproofing the Industry Through Collaboration and Innovation
Urbanomy - Energy Masterplanning for the Wellcome Genome Campus
Recognising the companies that are leading the way on decarbonisation by reducing emissions across their own business and/or through particular projects. This award celebrates technical, operational and service innovation which can show a tangible impact and a clear and measurable plan for the future.
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Business Stream - Achieving a 50% reduction in our carbon footprint
Caledonia Water Alliance (a joint venture between Morrison Water Services and AECOM) - Carbon Management Initiative
National Grid ESO - Pathfinders
OVO - Power Move
Scottish Water and WGMB - Circular Economy MEICA Strategy for Utility Assets
Severn Trent - Carbon Reduction through Energy Efficient Pumping, Asset Management and Chemical Reduction
Yorkshire Water - Carbon Reduction Initiative
Recognising world-class approaches to integrated working between supply chain partners and the role this plays in delivering resilient and efficient lifeline services.
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Avove, iNPIPE PRODUCTS, Ecofill - Pioneering partnership delivering world-first innovative and sustainable design and delivery techniques to the forefront of the industry
Browne and Thames Water - Mains Renewal Programme
Citizens Advice Plymouth & Utility Warehouse
E.ON Next Partnership with Kidney Care UK
ENA PCB Strategy Group
SSEN Distribution, ENWL, NGED, UKPN, NPg, SPEN, SGN, Cadent, WWU and NGN - Delivering ThePSR.co.uk
National Grid ESO, SP Energy Networks, and TNEI Consultancy - Distributed ReStart
Highlighting the wider impact utilities can have on the communities they operate in as well as their role as stewards of the environment and their wider responsibilities as socially-conscious companies. This award celebrates companies that are going beyond regulatory requirements and can show both ambition and impact over the past 12 months.
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Business Stream - Making a Positive Difference to the environment and our local communities
Cambridge Water, South Staffordshire Plc and The Imperial War Museum - Ground Source Heating at IWM Duxford
Affinity Water - Save Our Streams
National Grid - Active Creosote Extraction (ACE) Project
So Energy - Contract Beyond the Contract
South West Water - South West Peatland Partnership
Utilita Energy - Football Rebooted
Celebrating the utilities that have gone above and beyond in providing outstanding customer experience and engagement over the past year. This award is focused on initiatives that go beyond regulatory requirements and can demonstrate evidence of tangible benefits to customers.
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Anglian Water - Delivering Outstanding Experiences Every Day for Our Customers
Cadent - Stannington water ingress - incident response
Octopus Energy - Showcasing THE Best Customer Experience and Vulnerable Customer Care
Power NI - Electricity Bill Support Scheme (EBSS)
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks - Driving excellence in customer experience
UK Power Networks - Rivalling the best in UK customer service
Utilita Energy - 'Customer first' - Utilita is top of the pile
Showcasing the ways in which utilities are offering tailored support to customers to reflect the extraordinary pressure on household finances. This category celebrates companies that have gone the extra mile, and exceeded their regulatory requirements to provide targeted support to those that need it most.
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Anglian Water - Supporting 300,000+ Customers Through Cost-of-Living Pressures
Cadent - Centres for Warmth programme
Cadent - Cadent Foundation’s partnership with Groundwork UK funding the Green Doctor programme
Electricity North West - Be Safe and Save
National Grid - Fuel Poverty Interventions
United Utilities - Water Without Worry
Utilita Energy - Life with Power
Recognising the companies that are embracing digital opportunities to transform their businesses and deliver better outcomes for customers.
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Affinity Water and JBA Consulting - JBA Spectral Analysis Tool (for pollution detection)
Browne and Thames Water - Browne-Digital: Revolutionising Digitally-enabled Delivery
E.ON Next - Digital First Approach
Power NI - Digitalising the Energy Bill Support Scheme
SSEN Transmission - Digital Transformation Programme
UK Power Networks - Speeding up low carbon connections
Utilita Energy - Life with Power
Celebrating best-in-class performance and innovative approaches to delivering infrastructure projects for the benefit of customers and the environment.
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Morrison Water Services & Thames Water - Die draw technique on Seven Sisters Road
Morrison Water Services and Living With Water - Delivering surface water flood resilience on Rosmead Street
Portsmouth Water - The Havant Thicket Reservoir
South East Water in partnership with DDS Contracting and AtkinsRéalis - Aylesford storage reservoir restoration
SSE Energy Solutions - Medway Park Leisure Centre on behalf of Medway Council
SSEN Transmission - Inveraray-Crossaig overhead electricity transmission line
Tangent & UK Power Networks - A new website to weather any storm: taking UK Power Networks from monolithlic to composable.
Celebrating the ambition, creativity and determination of utilities as they push the boundaries of collaborative innovation.
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Anglian Water and the Safe Smart Systems partnership - Creating an automated, connected utility system for future generations
ESO, Capgemini & Wipro - Demand Flexibility Service (DFS)
National Grid ESO, SP Energy Networks, and TNEI Consultancy - Distributed ReStart
SP Energy Networks - LV Engine
SSEN, UKPN, ElectraLink, and CrowdCharge - Project Skyline
Utilita Energy - Life with Power
Yorkshire Water in partnership with Stantec, Stormharvester, and Technolog - Delivering a Smart Wastewater Network
Highlighting the important leadership role utilities play in helping to decarbonise the homes of millions and encouraging behaviour change that ultimately results in lower consumption of energy and/or water. This award celebrates companies that have engaged meaningfully with their customers and acted on this to produce initiatives that can demonstrate a measurable impact.
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Energy Networks Association - Open Networks
ESO, Capgemini & Wipro - Demand Flexibility Service (DFS)
National Grid - Equitable Novel Flexibility Exchange (EQUINOX)
OVO - Plan Zero
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, Flex Assure and the Centre for Sustainable Energy - HOMEFlex
Utilita and Iceland - Shop Smart, Cook Savvy
Water Plus - Engaging businesses with the carbon emissions linked to water use
Celebrating the achievements of emerging talent within the utilities sector over the past year. Entrants should be employees of utilities who have been active in the sector for seven years or less. This category has both a utility and non utility shortlist.
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Anglian Water - Victoria Gourlay
ESO - Chris Salter
National Gas Services - Charlie Baird
Power NI - Emma-Jo McColgan
Utilita Energy - Archie Lasseter
Wales & West Utilities - Henry James
Celebrating the achievements of emerging talent within the utilities sector over the past year. Entrants should be employees of utilities who have been active in the sector for seven years or less. This category has both a utility and non utility shortlist.
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Galliford Try - Kai Woodman
LCP Delta - Lucinda Murley
M Group Services - Bradley Worrell
Caledonia Water Alliance (a joint venture between Morrison Water Services and AECOM) - Alistair Nicol
Occutrace - Natalie Martin
RSE (Ross-shire Engineering) - Bronwyn Spence
Identifying employers that are adopting novel ways of training and developing their staff and making progress on increasing the diversity of their workforce. This award celebrates the companies that are finding new ways to plug the skills gap and can show a measurable plan for increasing diversity in their company.
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Cadent and Skewb Climate - Gamified Employee Training for Beach to Meter Gas Journey
Electricity North West - Include me: creating a sense of belonging for all colleagues and reflecting the communities we serve
LoWEG, Morrison Energy Services, Cadent, CMO - London Women in Engineering Group
Utilita Energy - Life with Power
Wales & West Utilities - Cultural change for a more inclusive and psychologically safe workplace
Recognising an outstanding team which has gone above and beyond the call of duty to deliver benefits for customers, stakeholders and the wider business.
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E.ON Next - Smart Tribe
National Grid ESO, SP Energy Networks and TNEI Consultancy - Distributed ReStart
OVO Energy - Industry Ops Domain Team
Power NI - PNI Team of year entry
Anglian Water, Schneider, Quartz, Xylem & Vega - SMART Water Recycling Catchments
Utilita Energy - Life with Power - Let me take you by the hand
Yorkshire Water - Commercial Services Team
Highlighting the companies that are going above and beyond in their use of data to drive efficiencies, speed up innovation, progress net zero and benefit customers. This category has both a utility and non utility shortlist.
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Callisto and British Gas
Cadent, ULC Technologies & ICS Consulting - Utilising data for targeted robotic remediation in London
EDF Energy and Accenture - Complaints Transformation
EDF UK and TATA Consultancy Services - Data Powered Transformation Program
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks - Smart ETR
Utilita Energy - A data-led campaign for Life with Power
Connected Data and OVO - A seamless multi-data/multi-bureau approach to bridging the ‘unknown’
Highlighting the companies that are going above and beyond in their use of data to drive efficiencies, speed up innovation, progress net zero and benefit customers. This category has both a utility and non utility shortlist.
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Centre for Net Zero
LCP Delta - The Energy Transition Trackers
Morrison Water Services and Zensar Technologies - Safe Dig AI
SMS - Demand Flexibility Service (DFS)
Stantec - High Resolution Digital Site Capture
Water Research Centre - Understanding discoloured water using data-driven analytics
Celebrating the commitment of suppliers who have built long-term partnerships with utilities and the role this plays in delivering outstanding essential services for today and tomorrow.
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Adler and Allan - Environmental compliance today, creating a sustainable tomorrow.
Clancy: A trusted partner, now and for the future
EA Technology - Safer, Stronger, Smarter, Networks
Eliq AB - Making sense of Energy Data
Energy & Utility Skills - The Green Jobs Delivery Group
Severn Trent Water and Waterfit - Green Recovery Programme
Stantec - Futureproofing the Industry Through Collaboration and Innovation
Celebrating utilities whose cultures and performance demonstrate they are all-round industry exemplars. This award celebrates the companies that are going above and beyond regulatory requirements, to set and meet ambitious targets on delivering for customers, advancing net zero, promoting diversity and enhancing the reputation of the wider sector.
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Anglian Water
Cadent
Electricity North West
Octopus Energy
Severn Trent Water
UK Power Networks
Utilita Energy