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UK govt’s promotion of nuclear power becoming more chaotic

U.K. Energy Rules to Include Measures Spurring Nuclear By Alex Morales Bloomberg News October 18, 2012 U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Davey promised to give industry more clarity about power market reforms due next month, seeking to allay the concerns of renewable and nuclear power developers that ministers are bogged down in analysis of the problem….. Cameron’s Plan Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday the government will put
into the legislation a measure forcing energy suppliers to charge each customer at the lowest available rate. The surprise proposal was not included in the May 22 draft, which focused on energy supply rather than demand.

Cameron’s statement caused “chaos in the energy industry,” Caroline Flint, the shadow energy minister for the opposition Labour Party, said in Parliament today. Neil Bentley, deputy director general of the Confederation of British Industry, said the pace of reform is
“frustrating” and risks falling victim to “paralysis by analysis.”….
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-18/u-dot-k-dot-energy-law-will-include-measures-spurring-nuclear-power

October 19, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK