Waters Wye Associates

WWA has worked with a wide range of clients on a variety of different projects. WWA respects the commercial sensitivities involved in all the projects we have worked on, but to give a feel for our commercial background we have listed below the types of clients and projects on which we have worked.

Regulatory advice to a successful purchaser of a National Grid Gas Distribution Business
Project Management for new build CCGT plant, including regulatory clearances, provision of technical and engineering solutions, tendering and selection of sub-contractors and management of these contracts thereafter etc.
Full regulatory service to owners of a coal fired generation plant including; BSC and CUSC accession, qualification and registrations, on-going interface with BSC and NGC, market monitoring and development of HMG policy such as EU ETS, LCPD etc.
Ongoing regulatory advice and alert services provided to a number of UK based gas and power market participants
Regulatory, technical and commercial advice to a number of UK storage development companies
TPA exemption advice, lobbying and progressing of application for UK storage facilities, both single owned and spit ownership
Ongoing regulatory advice to engineering company contracted to build facilities and utility networks for major London based development
Regulatory, technical and modelling services provided to potential UK CHP investor
Engineering and technical modelling services provided to client examining potential for CCGT build in Netherlands
Bespoke reports provided to a number of international clients covering; LNG trading, UK gas market, Derivatives, French gas balancing market and conditions for entry into the UK power market
Regulatory advice and lobbying services provided to UK based consumer representative body
Regulatory advice and financial modelling services provided to a successful purchaser of a UK based Independent Gas Transporter Company
Regulatory support to a gas supply company
Set up services provided to a number of new entrants into UK Gas and Power Markets
Training for companies studying or entering the UK market

As project work usual involves teams of experts we are used to working with banks, financial advisers, legal advisers, engineers and in-house teams. Much of the regulatory side of work involves policy formulation that must then fit in a legal framework. WWA works closely with legal teams to ensure consistency, conformity and in-house processes are adhered to and correctly, yet efficiently managed.

Utilities
Traders
Gas storage owners
Independent gas pipeline owners and operators
Integrated monopolies (from Asia)
Venture capitalists
Generators
Asset owners
Power equipment providers
Engineering groups

WWA have worked on a wide variety of projects, mainly in the UK. Some have been relatively short term and others longer on-going work where the projects develop with the clients needs and changes in commercial opportunities. WWA has focussed on the regulatory and engineering parts of projects working closely with the client and their other advisers.

Asset purchases and sales both gas and power
Project indentification
Due diligence; technical, regulatory and economic
Regulatory submissions and lobbying
Training both in-house and teams on projects
Market Monitoring – proving an in-house style regulatory function
Market research and reporting
Set-up and withdrawal support
Policy development for new businesses
Asset reviews
Asset brokering