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The one about a foreign utility investor and the UK government
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English - December 25, 2021 23:00 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MBBusiness News Business News dso economics electricvehicles utilities batteries democratisation der deregulation disruption electricitymarkets Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Why do governments use agencies in gas and electricity?
I’m talking to Tim Tutton who was in the mainstream of UK electricity and gas market reform from the late 1980s, including 8 years as Director of Regulation at National Grid.
Tim wrote a stimulating paper Does Ofgem have a future? for the economic consultancy Oxera in May this year. It’s a provocative challenge and I thought it would be fun to invite him onto the podcast to explore the themes in it – both his specific observations about the UK and the general issues they raise about governments and their agencies in our industry.
Last week, Tim considered what an ideal relationship between a government and its regulator might look like. This week, he contrasts that with recent experience.