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Policy & Regulation UTILITY WEEK | 15TH - 21ST JULY 2016 | 13 Andrea Leadsom, energy minister "Energy security is non-negotiable and is our top priority. Our approach has to be to make some strategic investments, and to put in place a system that will deliver a rational result." Iain Conn, chief executive officer, Centrica "I worry in a post-Brexit world we will learn less from the lessons learnt in the other European countries if we are not round the table talking about the energy system together." Views from the top table: Nina Skorupska, chief executive, Renewable Energy Association "The Tory govern- ment came in and found out the Levy Control Framework was bust up to 2020 for a lot of different reasons. There is no clarity. What's going to happen beyond 2020? There is so much that has to be sorted out." Dorothy Thompson, chief executive, Drax Group "By choosing – and it is the right choice – to support renewables, we've ended up making choices on carbon pricing, on new technologies, and that's created a fractured market that we have to live with." Tony Glover, director of policy, Energy Networks Association "Let's not waste the fantastic asset we have in the UK's extensive gas network as we tackle decarbonisation of heat." National media reports on the Summit Gas chief fires up row over switch to electric heating Government plans to electrify domestic heating and encourage a switch away from gas-fired boilers and radiators are "mad", the boss of Britain's biggest energy supplier has claimed. Iain Conn, chief executive of Centrica, the owner of British Gas, attacked plans to encourage families to strip out their domestic gas-fired home central heating systems and replace them with electricity-powered alternatives. The scheme is part of efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 80 per cent by 2050. The Times Energy chiefs call for bill levy overhaul Two of Britain's biggest energy suppliers have called for an overhaul of the "regressive" and unfair way policy and network costs are charged to consumer energy bills. Iain Conn, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica, and Vincent de Rivaz, chief executive of EDF Energy, both argued that levies added on to bills placed a disproportionate burden on the poorest customers. The Telegraph Leadsom vows to continue with UK's climate commitments Andrea Leadsom, the Tory leadership candidate and EU Leave campaigner, vowed last week to continue with the UK's commitments to tackle climate change and decarbonise the energy supply. She said reducing greenhouse gases was a duty to future generations, and pledged to continue with the UK's carbon budgets to set a limit on emissions. The Guardian Dev Sanyal, chief executive, alternative energy, BP, executive vice-president and group executive committee member "In terms of primary energy supply we are in an age of plenty… innovation will ensure we have enough resources at our disposal to meet demand."