Industry insiders: Lower bills are an 'heroic assumption'
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has claimed that adding around £100 to annual household energy bills by 2020 will reduce costs in the long term, but this was described by an industry insider as an "heroic assumption", ITV Business Editor Laura Kuenssberg said.
Another industry source cast doubt on the government's assumption that energy efficiency will offset increasing costs.
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