Insights for In-house Counsel Spring 2025 - Energy and Infrastructure

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Infrastructure Spotlight

Our latest Spotlight focusses on the energy and infrastructure implications of the Labour Government's first Budget. It also looks at new initiatives affecting the UK water industry and UK infrastructure investment more generally.

        
            Budget coverage
        
The Budget and infrastructure: what's the big picture?
What did the Budget say about energy, net zero and climate change?
What did the Budget say about transport and telecoms?
What did the Budget say about housing?
What did the Budget say about major projects and planning reform?
What did the Budget say about electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charge points?

        
            Other issues
        
Pension consolidation: what does it mean for UK infrastructure investment?
The Water (Special Measures) Bill: what does it mean for the UK water industry?

Infrastructure Spotlight – Autumn/Winter 2024 | Travers Smith

Energy and Infrastructure video series

Our bitesize Energy & Infrastructure video series provides digestible horizon scan updates on the key developments across ten different topical areas of sustainable infrastructure.

        
            Topics covered in this series
        
District energy / heat networks
Smart meters
Solar Energy
Heat pumps
Electric Vehicles
Ground Source Heat Pumps
Carbon Capture & Storage
Hydrogen
Biofuels

Expiry of PFI deals: risks and opportunities

PFI deals have recently been in the news, with headlines about disputes between public sector customers and private sector owners and operators as contracts near their expiry date. Our briefing looks at the issues around PFI expiry and discusses the following: