Energy crisis: creating lots of small suppliers was always a bad idea - now taxpayers will foot the bill
- Written by Lawrence Haar, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Brighton
A handful of small energy suppliers in the UK have collapsed in recent weeks because they have been caught out by the massive rise in wholesale gas and electricity prices – and dozens more are in danger of going the same way. If they fail, the government is hoping that stronger energy suppliers will take over their many thousands of...