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Juliet Davenport of Good Energy warns policy thinking is behind the curve when it comes to placing the consumer at the heart of efforts to decarbonise

As Good Energy has recently argued, the Government can and should be doing more to put the consumer centre stage in the decarbonisation of our energy market. The simplicity of renewables technology...

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