Disconnector Online

Ofgem is clearly miffed that the Sustainable Development Commission has dared to suggest the watchdog might not be wholly up to the job of ensuring the UK moves effortlessly and seamlessly to a low carbon future. Back in September, the government’s green adviser published a report, wittily titled Lost in Transmission, which argued that the energy regulator needed to rethink its priorities and approach to the energy and environmental agenda. From deep inside the regulator’s Millbank bunker comes sounds of spluttering and weeping. The reason? The commission used the wrong sort of wires on the cover of the report.