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- Pennon Group Plc (PEGRF) operates as an environmental infrastructure company focused on water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom. The company delivers regulated water and wastewater services through South West Water, encompassing raw water reservoirs, treatment works, wastewater pumping stations, bathing waters, shellfish water facilities, wastewater mains networks, and drinking water mains networks; non-household retail water and wastewater services via Pennon Water Services; and previously waste management operations through Viridor, with assets now repurposed toward renewable energy via Pennon Power. It provides water services across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire, alongside wastewater solutions in Devon and Cornwall, targeting residential, commercial, and public sector customers primarily in South West England.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered at Peninsula House, Rydon Lane, Exeter, Devon EX2 7HR, United Kingdom, Pennon Group Plc maintains its primary operations in the UK water sector, one of only three listed water utilities on the London Stock Exchange.
In recent developments, the company acquired SES Water in January 2024, expanding its regional footprint following prior integrations of Bournemouth Water in 2015 and Bristol Water in 2021; it completed a £490 million rights issue and raised additional equity including £150 million in 2025 to fund a record £3.2 billion investment plan through 2030, emphasizing water resilience, storm overflow reductions, pollution incidents, net zero goals, and renewable energy projects yielding 7-9% unlevered returns; Pennon accepted an early Final Determination for the K8 regulatory period (2025-2030), targeting £2.8 billion in capital expenditure, 7% return on regulated equity, and organizational restructuring for £86 million in annual savings; half-year results to September 2025 reflect a return to profitability with underlying EBITDA growth of approximately 60% year-on-year on £658.1 million revenues up 24.8%, alongside £304.8 million K8 investment mobilization and £25.2 million in Pennon Power.