IEA Chief Operating Officer and Energy Analyst Andy Mayer has been quoted in City AM discussing prospects of winter blackouts in 2023.

After arguing that the “chickens are coming home to roost” in response to news of energy suppliers withdrawing from the UK market, Andy said:

“The UK faces the very real risk of blackouts and freezeouts next winter. It should be securing new supplies with urgency, and doing so through trade deals, streamlined regulation, and saner simpler stable taxes.  Doing otherwise takes us closer to state bailouts and nationalisation, which we cannot afford, and will leave us shivering in the dark.”

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