Whether you are a green activist or a poverty campaigner, energy policy under the Thatcher-Major-Blair governments was a striking success. … Continue reading “A vicious circle of state intervention is taking Britain’s energy markets back to the 1970s”

The British retail markets for electricity and gas are not delivering. But is the proposed cure better than the disease … Continue reading “Consumer inertia in energy markets: a sobering lesson from Italy”

The European Commission has given the green light to the construction of a new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point. This … Continue reading “Hinkley Point C decision further undermines competition in the electricity market”

You can’t have your cake and eat it too – even when it comes to energy. Germany has been a … Continue reading “The failure of Germany’s green energy policies”

The UK – once a champion of competition in electricity and natural gas markets – is about to take another … Continue reading “The government is jeopardising competition in the energy market”

Europe’s plan to decarbonise its economy by 2030 is very likely to meet Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity: ‘doing the … Continue reading “The folly of Europe’s decarbonisation plan”

‘Economic policy always has more than one goal, and each independent policy goal requires an independent policy instrument’, correctly state … Continue reading “EU renewables target protects favoured industries at the expense of consumers”

The British government has just given the green light to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset. The … Continue reading “Environmentalism, nuclear power and the end of competitive energy markets”

Italy had its general election on February 25-26. The centre-left coalition led by the Democratic Party’s Pier Luigi Bersani obtained a … Continue reading “Italy is the sick man of Europe, and also very contagious”