Change proposal 014 - Water Sector Guidance - Provision of service connection meters
| Date | 28 April 2023 |
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Code for Adoption Agreements
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Water sector documents: Change proposal (Ref 014)
Modification proposal
Water Sector Guidance: Provision of service connection meters
Independent Water Adoption
Panel Recommendation
The Panel recommended approving a change to the water
sector documents, but proposed an alternative approach to
making this change
Decision
Ofwat has approved this change proposal based on the Panel’s
alternative approach
Publication date
28 April 2023
Implementation date
01 October 2023
Background
Fair Water Connections (FWC) submitted this chang e proposal to the Independent Water
Adoption Panel (the Panel) on 28 September 2022, with the Panel publishing the proposal on
its website on the same day. The function of the Panel is to consider change proposals to the
water sector guidance and model water adoption agreement (the Water Sector Documents)
which apply to companies op erating wholly or mainly in England. These documents were
developed by companies as required by the Code for Adoption Agreements (the Code) and
came into effect in January 2021. A change proposal is defined in the Code as a proposed
change to the sector guidance or the model adoption agreements.
The change proposed by FWC concerns the provision of new water meters from water
companies to self-lay providers (SLPs). FWC stat es that where water companies require SLPs
to obtain water meters for new connections from the water company itself or a nominated
supplier, some SLPs have experienced difficulties in obtaining these meters. This has caused
some SLPs to incur delays and additional costs when making new connections. FWC has
proposed changes to the Wat er Sector Guidance that would:
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