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Graham Shuttleworth - Stable but increasingly expensive? The future for the UK electricity industry

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English - April 03, 2014 23:46 - 7 minutes - 6.74 MB
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Groundhog Day

We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons so for the next couple of months I’m talking to Graham Shuttleworth who is the office head for the economic consultancy NERA in London, and one of the original authors of the UK Pool Rules – on which our own electricity market was based.

Last week, Graham reminded us of the role that independent regulation was originally intended to play in the UK market and why people keep designing arrangements from scratch. This week he gets his crystal ball out and recognises a few things in it.

As with other podcasts, the opinions expressed in the interview are Graham's and do not necessarily represent the views of NERA Economic Consulting or any other NERA consultant. If you quote the podcast, you should attribute the reference to him personally rather than the firm.

This podcast was recorded in 2014