John’s full Beesley Lecture – Power to the people

On 7th October, John was invited to deliver the first of the prestigious annual Beesley Lecture Series. Building on his Government-commissioned report Power to the People, John outlined the state of competition policy, described upcoming challenges for regulators and set out how regulatory reform can best meet those challenges. John also…

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Utility Week: Penrose calls for ’emergency circuit breaker’ in price cap

The MP who led the charge for the energy price cap has called for further reform of the mechanism to tackle the so-called loyalty penalty. John Penrose, delivering the annual Beesley Lecture, hosted by the Institute of Economic Affairs today (7 October), implored Ofgem to ape rules introduced by the…

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Video: John asks Ministers about customers on capped energy tariffs with suppliers that have gone bust

John says the Government is absolutely right to focus on consumers and not to bail out energy firms that got things wrong or are too fragile. However, asks the Minister to explain how he is dealing with customers currently on capped tariffs with suppliers that have gone bust?

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CITY A.M: Westminster’s Beis committee to probe post-Brexit subsidies regime

A Westminster committee is set to probe the UK’s post-Brexit subsidies regime and the role of the competition watchdog post-Brexit. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) committee’s inquiry will look at “the main opportunities and challenges for businesses under the new UK state aid regime” and “whether competition policy…

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