Thames Water issues Twelfth Consent Requests to access further £213 million in funding
Yesterday Thames Water issued its Twelfth Consent Requests to secure further funding of £213.49 million – eight days after the company announced that its Eleventh Consent Requests for £200 million had been approved.
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Approval of Eleventh Consent Requests allow Thames Water to draw £200 million in further funding
Thames Water has announced that the Eleventh Consent Requests launched on 5th June have been approved, allowing the company to draw £200 million in further funding from the £2.25 billion available under the super senior facility it had entered into with its subsidiary, Thames Water Super Senior Issuer PLC.
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Thames Water issues Eleventh Consent Requests to secure £200 million in further funding
On Friday 5 June Thames Water issued its Eleventh Consent Requests to secure further funding – two days after the company announced that its Tenth Consent Request had been approved, allowing it to access £413.49 million in further funding.
Regulator approves record €13.6 billion investment in Uisce Éireann’s water and wastewater infrastructure for 2025-2029
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), Ireland’s independent energy and water regulator, has published its Final Determination for Revenue Control 4 (RC4) which sets the allowed expenditures and associated revenues for Uisce Éireann for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029.
South East Water in breach of licence condition after Moody’s downgrades credit rating
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Government to provide £470 million funding package to back long-term resilience of UK’s chemicals and ceramics sectors
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Thames Water issues tenth Consent Request to secure further funding of £413.49 million
Thames Water has launched a tenth consent request seeking the consent of the super senior creditors to waive the Accordion Conditions and thereby allow the Super Senior Issuer to draw £413.49 million of the New Commitments.
New CCW report examines how customers understand and experience financial information published by water companies
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