The post below was first published on our Energy notes and Infrastructure notes blogs
With firms and households facing surging costs, we explore how the Government could tackle the deepening energy emergency.
On 26 August 2022 the UK energy regulator Ofgem announced an 80% jump in the Q4 2022 consumer energy price cap, and new predictions were made for 2023 showing a spike of over 235% from current levels. Against this politically-charged backdrop, we look at likely policy options to deal with the global crisis for consumers and business as well as wider energy policy implications.
Our full article is available here.
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