Bulk charges for new appointees - guidance on our approach and expectations
| Date | 26 January 2021 |
January 2021
Bulk charges for new appointees -
guidance on our approach and
expectations
Bulk charges for new appointees – guidance on our approach and expectations
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About this document
This document provides guidance on how we currently regulate the bulk supply or
discharge charges paid by new appointees (also known as NAVs or small companies) to
larger water companies (incumbents) in England and Wales.
It includes two key elements:
our approach to determining bulk charges in the case that incumbents and new
appointees are unable to agree the price of a bulk supply or discharge agreement; and
our expected behaviours of incumbents, which sets out what behaviours we want to
see from incumbents as they consider how to apply this guidance when developing and
publishing their bulk charges for new appointees.
The guidance should be read in conjunction wit h the following guidance and documentation,
as well as in the context of the relevant provisions of the Water Industry Act 1991:
‘Bulk charges for new appointe es – conclusions on revising our guidance ’ (January 2021);
‘Bulk charges for new appointees – our conclusions ’ (November 2020);
CEPA: ‘Bulk charges for new appointments and variations regime in the water industry in
England and Wales’ (April 2020 );
‘Negotiating bulk supplies – a framework’ (August 2013 ); and
‘Bulk supply pricing – a statement of our policy principles’ (July 2011).
Because the new appointments and variations framework applies to both England and Wales,
this document relates to incumbents wholly or mainly in England (English incumbents) and
incumbents wholly or mainly in Wales (Welsh incumbents).
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