Energy scheme cost proposals branded a 'fudge'

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Prospect has branded Ofgem's plans to shake up the way energy companies pass through pension costs as a "fudge".

The energy regulator published its final proposals for price controls for electricity distribution companies, which included a new "incentive-based" framework for the treatment of pensions, this we...

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