UK's Thames Water lodges appeal to try to raise customer bills
LONDON (Reuters) -British utility Thames Water lodged an appeal to the country's competition regulator on Friday, beginning a process to try to raise the prices it can charge customers for the next five years and improve its chances of survival.
Water firm with 16million customers asks watchdog if it can charge customers more following 35% bill rise
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UK's Thames Water appeals to competition watchdog over price limits
Struggling British utility Thames Water launched an appeal with the country's competition regulator on Friday, kicking off a process to try to lift the prices it can charge customers for the next five years and improve its chances of survival.
Thames Water appeals against limit on bill rises
Thames Water has launched an appeal to allow it to increase bills by more than the regulator wants to permit. The UK's largest utility company is calling on the competition regulator to overturn a decision from the water industry regulator,
Thames Water asks watchdog to let it charge even higher bills
Watford's sewerage service provider Thames Water is asking the competition regulator to allow it to charge customers even more.
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