U
nlike two years ago when Utility Week last sat
down with Caroline Flint, she is not running late.
In fact she is fully prepared and ready to go, only
for her phone to buzz as she receives a message from her
daughter. Even though she is potentially weeks away
from becoming the energy secretary, Flint still makes
time for her family.
With the reply sent, she apologises with a smile and
we get under way. That smile is one that probably strikes
fear into the hearts of the chief executives of the big
energy companies. Flint will be the one presenting them
a host of problems should the Don Valley MP be given
the remit to unleash her radical reforms.
The headline-grabber is the price freeze. The pledge,
made at the 2013 Labour Party conference by leader Ed
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"This is about transparency,
so people can be reassured
there isn't gaming going on."
Caroline Flint,
SHAdOw eNergy SeCreTAry
by Mathew Beech
Photo:
PA
