Appealing to the CMA - Yorkshire Water to challenge OFWAT's Final Determination
Date published:
February 11, 2020
Yorkshire Water have announced that it will not accept the final determination published by Ofwat on 16 December 2019 as part of its 2019 price review.It has instead asked Ofwat to refer its final determination to the Competition and Markets Authority for review.Read the full article here
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