Ofwat在批准供水公司通过提高收费向客户支付100B英镑的污染修复费用方面面临着法律挑战。 Ofwat faces legal challenge over approving water firms passing £100B pollution repair costs to customers via bill hikes.

Ofwat在批准水公司两次向客户收取1 000多亿英镑的污水污染修理费方面面临着法律挑战,运动者认为消费者不应为过去投资不足支付费用。 Ofwat faces a legal challenge over its approval of water companies charging customers twice for over £100 billion in sewage pollution repairs, with campaigners arguing consumers should not pay for past underinvestment. 这个案件将在曼彻斯特审理,其中心问题是,尽管有保障措施,但监管机构的PR24决定是否向家庭不公平地转移成本。 The case, to be heard in Manchester, centers on whether the regulator’s PR24 decision unfairly shifts costs to households, despite safeguards. 水公司计划大幅提高收费,促使人们声称,新基础设施的资金应该来自股东而不是客户。 Water firms plan significant bill hikes, prompting claims that funds for new infrastructure should come from shareholders, not customers. Ofwat否认错失行为,称其确保了公平和合规,但因正在进行的法庭程序而拒绝评论。 Ofwat denies wrongdoing, stating it ensured fairness and compliance, but declined comment due to the ongoing court process.