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Chile’s October technical resolution incorporates tariff-normalization debt into the customer-protection mechanism. Separate charges, accounts and payment documents define how that debt is collected and repaid alongside earlier stabilization obligations.
Read analysisThe EIB’s October disclosure lists a proposed €130 million loan for ONEE drinking-water production improvements. Appraisal, environmental review and guarantee conditions still separate the financing proposal from an approved and signed investment.
Read analysisColombia’s October directive asks public bodies to connect audits, consumption records, funding and maintenance.
Read analysisPublic consultation on Montpellier’s AMETYST transformation runs from October 12 to January 12. The proposal combines waste treatment and local energy production, while environmental authorization and the claimed improvements remain subjects for assessment.
Read analysisScotland’s draft household recycling code links cleaner material streams with more consistent services and limits on residual waste capacity. Its consultation also asks how councils should accommodate homes where a standard collection model cannot work.
Read analysisEastern Uganda’s latest water-project inspections examined works, catchments, safeguards and service readiness together.
Read analysisThe EIB has approved a financing proposal for small municipal water systems in Castile and Leon. The package combines wastewater treatment, drinking-water improvements and digital meters, with procurement and delivery still distinct from the approval.
Read analysisChina’s adopted HFC allocation scheme keeps national quota totals unchanged for 2027 while specifying how companies obtain and adjust their allowances. The design combines a climate-weighted national limit with controls on individual substances and uses.
Read analysisCanada has opened a call for organizations to help transit operators prepare zero-emission bus projects. Up to C$15 million supports planning and advice, with fleet procurement and supporting infrastructure subject to separate capital decisions.
Read analysisQueensland’s optional network tariffs will remain available under the approved timetable after the regulator refused a mid-period amendment. The decision preserves different ways to reward changes in peak demand and appliance operation.
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