Bristol Water plc price determination
Ofwat referred an appeal from Bristol Water plc to the CMA for a water price determination.
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 |
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| 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 Water바카라 사이트檚 response to Ofwat바카라 사이트檚 reply |
| 25 March 2015 | Deadline for Ofwat바카라 사이트檚 reply to Bristol Water바카라 사이트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
- (11.8.15)
Responses to provisional findings
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(PDF, 4.4Mb) (31.7.15)
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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 company바카라 사이트檚 business plan. The consultation has now closed.
- (PDF, 4.19Mb) (10.7.15)
- (PDF, 4.65Mb) (10.7.15)
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- Press release: Bristol Water prices set to fall after CMA ruling (10.7.15)
Third party hearing summaries
- (2.6.15)
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Third party initial submissions
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(2.6.15)
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- (PDF, 3Mb) (23.6.15)
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Main party submissions
- (PDF, 4Mb) (16.4.15)
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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
- (4.3.15)
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 Water바카라 사이트檚 decision to reject Ofwat바카라 사이트檚 final determination on water price limits for the period 2015 to 2020.
- News story: Ofwat refers Bristol Water appeal (4.3.15)
Updates to this page
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Full final determination report published.
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First published.