The Charges of the Light Brigade; Energy Markets  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8786 (May 2012), page 14-16.
Topik: Electric Utilities; Deregulation; Politics; Price Increases; Energy Policy

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Britain created the first electric light bulb and a pioneering national grid. Then, in 1990, it built one of the rich world's most liberalised energy markets. For years it enjoyed low prices and lectured other countries about the virtues of deregulation. Not for it French-style state-owned monopoly utility firms. But the country has gradually lost faith in a free energy market. A bill published on May 22nd signals a drastic change. The bill is a response to two developments. One--particularly worrying to politicians--is rising electricity prices. The second, further off, is a looming capacity crunch. Roughly one-fifth of Britain's existing power stations are due to be retired within the next decade, and if the country is to meet its EU targets, new capacity must come from low-carbon sources. The government's solution to all these problems is to replace a deregulated market with a command-and-control one.

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