Brexit leaves certainty of uncertainty
No one in the UK’s Leave camp had a real energy plan. So what now?
IN THE energy sector, political decisions can affect companies and nations for decades. So they usually involve meticulous evaluation and due diligence. Yet the UK's vote to leave the EU on 23 June has taken the energy sector off-guard. Not that energy was ignored during the campaigning - the UK Independence Party (Ukip) took a courageous stand to defend British toasters and kettles, while the Secretary of State for Energy, Amber Rudd (in the Remain camp) and her pro-Leave junior minister, Andrea Leadsom, exchanged blows in the media. But in a campaign characterised by the Leave campaign's dismissal of "experts", it quickly became clear that complex-but-important energy matters were not m
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