CBI chief warns of looming energy crisis

Industry faces the threat of another energy crisis this winter, the director general of the CBI warned yesterday.

Richard Lambert, who took over the reins at the employers’ group this month, said he would be “rattling cages” in London and Brussels to prevent a repeat of power shortages that hit businesses last winter. His warning came a day after electricity prices trebled as National Grid warned that the margin of spare power generation capacity was under threat. Speaking during an official visit to Liverpool and Manchester, he said: “There is a real anxiety about this coming winter, over the supply and price of gas for energy-intensive industry.
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