And another thing...

One final thought about the workshops that we arranged with Water UK - I do hope I may have dispelled the myth that legislation is on the critical path to a market opening. 

There are many other activities which will need to be got right, both before and after the next price determination, if a retail market is to be opened by April 2017.

About Alan

Alan Sutherland

I’ve been Chief Executive of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland since its establishment in July 2005. Prior to that I was the Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland having been appointed to that role by Scottish Ministers in November 1999. In 1998 and 1999 I was a managing director of Wolverine CIS Ltd, a division of Wolverine World Wide. Prior to that I worked in strategic consultancy with Bain and Company and in the investment banking industry with Robert Fleming and Company.