Labour is moving fast but is it moving correctly? I spoke to Jonathan Brearley, CEO of Ofgem and Anthony Ainsworth, Chief Operating Officer of npower Business Solutions for their reactions to the policies announced and the way business will have to respond.
Jonathan kicked off the chat saying very little was unexpected: “I can’t say I’m surprised. The party’s been signalling major shifts for some time. Great British Energy? Not a surprise. The 2030 target? (to decarbonise the grid). Not a surprise.
“But what I would say is Ed Miliband has generated what I think is an incredibly positive atmosphere around his agenda.
“There is definitely amongst all of this actually a mindset of, you know, if we are going to achieve something like 2030, for example, we’re just going to need to surface problems and work through them much more quickly.
“And all of us are coming into the room with the mindset that actually, whatever …