The emergency package would expand an existing credit facility provided by the London & Valley Water consortium to a total of £5.4bn. Campaigners argue the deal risks inflating household bills through interest costs, while the utility maintains that charges remain governed by industry regulator Ofwat. Concurrently, ministers are evaluating structural solutions, including a proposal to transform around £100m in outstanding fines into a direct state-owned equity holding.
Key points
Thames Water requires the multi-billion-pound injection to prevent running entirely out o…: Thames Water requires the multi-billion-pound injection to prevent running entirely out of operational cash by early 2027.
Major investment firms including BlackRock, Elliott Management, and Silver Point Capital…: Major investment firms including BlackRock, Elliott Management, and Silver Point Capital hold class A creditor positions in the facility.
Ministers are actively deciding between permitting a creditor-led takeover or stepping in…: Ministers are actively deciding between permitting a creditor-led takeover or stepping in through nationalisation and special administration.
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A group of creditors to troubled Thames Water are poised to vote on whether to grant an emergency £2.4bn loan to keep the company afloat, as campaigners raise concerns it could add £40 to each household’s bills in interest alone.
A consortium of creditors, called London & Valley Water, will vote on Thursday on whether to increase a funding facility for the debt-laden utility company to £5.4bn to keep it operating to autumn 2027.
The company’s class A creditors, which include BlackRock, Elliott Management and Silver Point Capital, last year granted it a £3bn loan at a 9.75% interest rate.
This month, Thames Water said it needed a further £2.4bn cash injection because it would be unable to reach a longer-term deal to sort out its extensive debt pile before running out of cash by “the end of 2026 or the start of 2027”.
Thames Water has previously said that customers will not be on the hook for the interest on the £3bn loan, but it has almost run out of money and not paid down the debt.
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