Scottish Government

The Scottish Government issued a strategy paper titled Building a Hydro Nation - Strategic Vision for 2020 for consultation in 2010. This strategy paper set the initial scene for the proposed legislation, by exploring ideas and opportunities available for Scottish Water to develop its commercial activities and take on new functions in developing Scotland’s water resources into the future.

Feedback from the consultation was collected and taken forward in the development of Scotland: The Hydro Nation – Prospectus and proposals for legislation which outlines the Hydro Nation policy and the provisions the Government intends to bring forward in a Water Resources Bill. The consultation responses raise many issues of detail but on the key issues are largely supportive of the Hydro Nation agenda and of maintaining core service standards.