GAS IS NOT THE BOGEYMAN

摘要

We can achieve a cleaner, more decentralised energy sector. But environmentalists should recognise that gas is part of the answer In the wake of conference season, with the cost of living at the top of the political agenda and green policies under attack for their cost, energy poLicy is guaranteed to stay in the political spotlight. Although there is a broad consensus on the measures in the coalition's latest energy bill, the dividing lines at the next election are starting to emerge. Labour are advancing towards ever tighter regulation of the "big six" suppliers, taking greater political control of the sector but also creating huge barriers to entry. Under Labour we could expect the six to shrink even further.