Energy Bill to provide certainty despite current confusion

Posted on 18 Oct 2012 by Tim Brown

In a speech to business leaders this morning in central London, Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey MP announced that the Government's long anticipated Energy Bill will go before parliament in November.

Hoping for cross-party support for the bill, the minister provided a number of insights into the Government’s soon to be updated energy policy. One of the key points was that the Government will most probably opt for a single government-owned counterparty for the operation of the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) – the feed-in tariff that will provide increased revenue…

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