Utility Week Podcast
Episodes
SP ENW on building a social DSO
31 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On our latest podcast, we are joined by the team at SP Electricity North West. Utility Week editor-in-chief James Wallin chats to key figures at the ...
Renewable UK CEO Tara Singh unpicks local elections
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Renewable UK CEO Tara Singh joins Rob Horgan and James Wallin on The Utility Week Podcast to unpick the fallout from the local election results. Havin...
Energy Systems Catapult’s Guy Newey reflects on bumper week of energy news
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Energy Systems Catapult chief executive Guy Newey joins the Utility Week podcast to reflect on a bumper week of energy announcements. Alongside Utilit...
What does Middle East conflict mean for UK energy?
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the Utility Week Podcast examines the biggest stories from the past two weeks. During the first half of the episode, Utility Wee...
Good business and Dirty Business
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the Utility Week Podcast examines the biggest stories from the past fortnight. Utility Week deputy editor Rob Horgan is joined b...
What AR7 results and fresh connections delays mean for Clean Power 2030?
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Utility Week deputy editor Rob Horgan is joined by James Wallin, editor-in-chief, and Tom Grimwood, insights editor, to pore over the sector’s bigge...
Utility Week Podcast: Were the Warm Homes Plan and water white paper worth the wait?
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the Utility Week Podcast examines the biggest stories from the past fortnight. Utility Week deputy editor Rob Horgan is joined b...
Utility Week Podcast: How South East Water supply crisis unravelled
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the Utility Week Podcast examines the biggest stories from the start of 2026. Utility Week deputy editor Rob Horgan is joined b...
Utility Week Podcast: Water bosses on future and current challenges
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the Utility Week Podcast examines the biggest challenges facing the water sector, from regulatory reform to infrastructure deliv...
Utility Week Podcast: Elexon CEO on Market Wide Half-Hourly Settlement
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Market Wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS) programme has just passed a key milestone with the first cohort of suppliers starting the migration proc...
Utility Week Podcast: What it takes to get to Clean Power 2030
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How feasible is the Clean Power 2030 target? Is the next Contracts for Difference auction round really make or break? And what impact will supply chai...
Tackling waste on the energy system, with the Energy Geeks
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could we achieve as much as a 10% energy saving on the path to 2030 through tackling inefficiencies on the system? This is the bold claim of a new thi...
When will the water sector stop apologising?
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The water system is broken - we're told so every day. Utility Week editor James Wallin and chief correspondent Ruth Williams examine this myth and why...
In discussion with ESO, Octopus and Ofgem
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Utility Week team talk to Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson, Kayte O’Neill of the Electricity System Operator and Ofgem’s Akshay Kaul. Topics di...