Held at the NEC in
Birmingham, Utility Week
Live 2018 will explore
disruption themes in
relation to water - retail and
wholesale - gas and power
networks, energy retail and
pan utility operations such
as streetworks.
THE 10 TECHNOLOGIES
DISRUPTING THE UK
UTILITIES SECTOR
ecognising the significant
and fast-paced changes
utilities are grappling
with on many fronts,
Utility Week Live 2018
(22-23 May) has chosen disruption as
its headline theme.
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Held at the NEC in Birmingham, Utility
Week Live 2018 will explore disruption
themes in relation to water - retail and
wholesale - gas and power networks,
energy retail and pan utility operations
such as streetworks.
Utility Week Live surveyed more
than 20,000 utilities professionals on
the subject of disruption, and can
now announce the list of the top 10
technologies proving disruptive to the
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business and operations of UK gas,
water and electricity utilities.
Alice Cooke, lead journalist Utility
Week Live, said ‘it’s an interesting mix
of technologies already disrupting
business as usual, and technologies
that our survey respondents felt were
highly likely to prove disruptive in
the future. But ultimately, for a utility
business to keep itself relevant and at
the forefront of its sector, it will have
little option but to embrace digital
transformation and the opportunities
that these technologies are now
creating’.
Here’s Utility Week Live’s list of the 10
key disruptive technologies, as selected
by UK utilities professionals: