Monday 13 June 2011

Power play over the 'energy crunch'

It's get-tough time. John Swinney, Scotland's economy secretary, is out to kick some bahookey when he next meets Scottish Power executives.

Following their sharp increases in energy prices, he says they need to explain themselves.

Chris Huhne, the UK's energy secretary, is telling that company's customers to shop around for better value. He doesn't seem to have noticed that industry experts, and inexperts besides, all expect other energy suppliers to follow Scottish Power's unpopular lead.

But could it be this has a lot to do with choices the politicians have been making, or failing to make?

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