Question reference: S5W-30036
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 17 June 2020
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2020 decision paper, Prospects for Prices, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, in the absence of a hard budget constraint, how the customer interest that they are not charged more than necessary is secured.
Answer
Section 29G of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 provides that Scottish Water must deliver the Objectives set by Scottish Ministers at lowest reasonable overall cost. In determining charges under section 29B, the Commission will identify the lowest reasonable cost of delivering those objectives.