In the second of a new monthly series of podcasts, Cornwall Insight’s retail energy market experts Anna Moss and Robert Buckley chat to Head of Research, Ed Reed. They mull over a busy autumn 2018 of increasing competition, several supplier exits and the looming default price cap. They conclude by discussing the ongoing work by the regulator and government to possibly introduce further market rule changes in 2019 and give their opinions on what else the year may have in store.
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