Coal given boost in power plant reforms

  • 08/10/1998

  • Financial Times (London)

The UK government unveiled "radical reforms" of the energy market, including restrictions on new gas-fired power stations and cuts in wholesale electricity prices. The long-awaited Energy Review, published by Peter Mandelson, the chief trade and industry minister, seeks to balance demands for more competition in power generation and supply with the need to ensure that "the lights stay on".