UK government moves to ease energy supply fears

Key reforms to the energy market have been unexpectedly brought forward by a year in a bid to avoid supply gaps

The UK government has moved to allay fears of a coming electricity supply crunch by unexpectedly bringing forward key reforms to the energy market.

An auction of contracts to supply electricity is to be brought forward a year, to next January, and will cover the supply of power in the winter of 2017 to 2018.