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United Utilities — Investor Presentation (September 2021)
34 slides from United Utilities's investor presentation, Sep 13, 2021
Slide 1: Site Area Charging Retailer Overview
Site Area Charging Retailer Overview 13th September 2021
Slide 2: What is Surface Water & Highway Drainage? (agenda)
What is Surface Water & Highway Drainage? What is Site Area charging? Which types of premises are charged based on Site Area? How is it worked out? Amendments to Site Area measurement / banding Reductions in Surface Water charges Concessionary schemes Map checking service Map Request Glossary Copyri
Slide 3: What is Surface Water & Highway Drainage?
What is Surface Water & Highway Drainage?
Slide 4: What is Surface Water & Highway Drainage?
What is Surface Water & Highway Drainage? Site Area charging is made up of two charges, Surface Water and Highway Drainage. Surface Water charges cover the removal and treatment of rainwater from a site or premises, for example water that drains into the public sewer from the roof, car parks or othe
Slide 5: What is Surface Water & Highway Drainage?
What is Surface Water & Highway Drainage? Site Area charging is made up of two charges, Surface Water and Highway Drainage. Highway Drainage charges cover the cost to remove and treat rainwater falling on the roads and footpaths in our region. Everyone connected to the public sewer must pay for this
Slide 6: What is Site Area charging?
What is Site Area charging? Water for the North West
Slide 7: What is Site Area charging?
What is Site Area charging? Site Area charging is the method that we use to calculate the Surface Water and Highway Drainage charges for business (and other non-household) premises based in the North West where those premises are supplied through a water meter. This involves measuring the total area
Slide 8: Which types of premises are charged based on Site Area?
Which types of premises are charged based on Site Area?
Slide 9: Which types of premises are charged based on Site Area?
Which types of premises are charged based on Site Area? Site Area charging IS NOT used as the basis of charging for premises in Site Area charging IS used as the receipt of an unmeasured water basis of charging for premises that supply as well as some measured have a water meter and / or have a work
Slide 10: How is it worked out?
How is it worked out? Water for the North West
Slide 11: How is it worked out?
How is it worked out? Where premises have a charging value they are deemed to be a single economic unit. If premises have more than one charging value then a site area charging band is applied for each charging value that exists for that premises. We will only allocate a single chargeable area/site
Slide 12: How is it worked out?
How is it worked out? Site Area charging component How the area is calculated A - Individual roof Entire building roof area is assigned to the individual premises. areas Where we are able to establish the internal floor area using the VOA: Building roof area(s) Proportionate share of the building ro
Slide 13: How is it worked out? Let's look at some scenarios
How is it worked out? Let’s look at some scenarios… 1 Individual premises in single occupation 2 Premises within building(s) or site of multiple occupation without external shared area(s) 3 Individual premises on a site of multiple occupation with external shared area(s) 4 Premises within building(s
Slide 14: Scenario 1 - Individual premises in single occupation
How is it worked out? Scenario 1 - Individual premises in single occupation Premises Premises has use Site Area charging component How the area is calculated shares a of a communal Methodology to apply building(s) with external area(s) A - Individual roof areas Entire building roof area is assigned
Slide 15: Scenario 2 - Premises within building(s) without external shared area(s)
How is it worked out? Scenario 2 - Premises within building(s) or site of multiple occupation without external shared area(s) Site Area charging component How the area is calculated Premises Premises has use shares a of a communal Methodology to apply Where we are able to establish the internal floo
Slide 16: Scenario 3 - Individual premises with external shared area(s)
How is it worked out? Scenario 3 - Individual premises on a site of multiple occupation with external shared area(s) Premises Premises has use Site Area charging component How the area is calculated shares a of a communal Methodology to apply building(s) with external area(s) other with other A - In
Slide 17: Scenario 4 - Premises within building(s) with external shared area(s)
How is it worked out? Scenario 4- Premises within building(s) or site of multiple occupation with external shared area(s) Site Area charging component How the area is calculated Premises has use of a Where we are able to establish the internal floor area using the VOA: Premises shares Methodology to
Slide 18: Comfort break
Slide 19: Amendments to Site Area measurement / banding
Amendments to Site Area measurement / banding
Slide 20: Amendments to Site Area measurement / banding
Amendments to Site Area measurement / banding The Chargeable Area of a premises may vary over time if the customer makes changes on site for example turning a grassed area into a car park or landscaping a previously paved area. We may also discover a data error that needs to be corrected for example
Slide 21: Reductions in Surface Water charges
Reductions in Surface Water charges
Slide 22: Reductions in Surface Water charges
Reductions in Surface Water charges The Chargeable Area and associated Surface Water charges may be reduced where some Surface Water from the premises does not drain to the public sewer. Amendments to the Surface Water value will not affect the Highway Drainage and thus will not reduce Highway Drain
Slide 23: Reductions in Surface Water charges
Reductions in Surface Water charges Premises has a partial connection to the public sewer Where a retailer / customer believes that the Surface Water from an area, equivalent to 10% or more of the Chargeable Area of the premises, does not drain to a public sewer they are entitled to claim for a redu
Slide 24: Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
Reductions in Surface Water charges Sustainable Drainage Systems(SuDS) For measured non-household customers, where it is demonstrated that Surface Water from an area equivalent to at least 10% of the site is drained to a public sewer via an appropriately designed, built and maintained sustainable dr
Slide 25: Concessionary schemes
Concessionary schemes Water for the North West
Slide 26: Concessionary Schemes
Concessionary Schemes Our concessionary scheme for community groups means your customer could have their Surface Water and Highway Drainage wholesale charges capped at band 1, regardless of their size. If they successfully meet the eligibility criteria, their charges will be amended back up to a max
Slide 27: Concessionary Schemes
Concessionary Schemes Our concessionary scheme for eligible schools means they can have their Surface Water and Highway Drainage wholesale charges reduced by 50%. Measured premises which fall within the scope of the following definition will be eligible for a concession for Surface Water and Highway
Slide 28: Map checking service
Map checking service Water for the North West
Slide 29: Map checking service
Map checking service The purpose of this service is to allow businesses the ability to access their Site Area data and to decide whether the fundamentals of their site are correct e.g. their boundary, surface types. The primary target audience is those businesses who occupy a site in solo occupancy
Slide 30: Map Requests
Map Requests Water for the North West
Slide 31: Map Requests
Map Requests Below is a brief overview of what our new format will be when sending our map data externally. The changes are: • Site area charging explained • Understanding your site area map • New map template • Ordnance Survey map key Continues Copyright © United Utilities Water Limited 2019 31
Slide 32: Map Requests
Map Requests Below is a brief overview of what our new format will be when sending our map data externally. The changes are: • Site area charging explained • Understanding your site area map • New map template • Ordnance Survey map key Copyright © United Utilities Water Limited 2019 32
Slide 33: Glossary
Glossary y United Water for the North West
Slide 34: Glossary
Glossary Area Drained The name given to Surface Water charges in CMOS For Surface Water drainage and Highway Drainage this is the total Site Area of premises including the boundary and all land held Chargeable Area within that boundary but excludes any permanently grassed, cultivated or landscaped a
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