“We really think there is a space for business to mobilise customers,” said Dr Jeff Hardy, head of future consumers and sustainability at Ofgem. “It is a space created by the climate imperative and the associated sticks and carrots. The sticks are the carbon prices and targets and the carrots are the business opportunities.”
Hardy was speaking at a climate and energy expert panel, convened by EDF Energy earlier this month, ahead of COP21 – the UN climate conference in Paris.
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