Margaret Cooney: Octopus Energy chief executive on the Government's planned reform for the energy sector

There's hopes from one electricity retailer that the Government may underwrite generation projects. 

The Government is expected to make decisions this month on reforming the energy sector - after it asked global consultancy company Frontier Economics to report back on what's needed. 

Octopus Energy chief executive Margaret Cooney says underwriting's worked in the past with the ultra-fast broadband rollout. 

"You can do that by issuing a tender, getting long-term contracts and new supply to come into market as soon as possible." 

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