Electricity. It’s the one small thing behind nearly every big invention and innovation to affect business in the last 50 years.
The trams and trains that take you in to work. 
The escalators and elevators that lift you up to the top floor. 
The personal computer that changed what you could do in a day. 
The computer network that revolutionised what we could all achieve together. 
The precision machines that crafted products in the smallest of detail. 
And the imaging systems that mapped our entire planet. 
It’s almost impossible to imagine business without it.
But there’s a critical question facing this country.
Will electricity be able to power the next 50 years of invention... 
…like advances in manufacturing techniques, wearable technology and artificial intelligence?
With coal stations on the way out and cleaner energy on the way in, 
this country may not be able to produce enough electricity from renewable and low carbon sources.
It’s a very real and urgent challenge, to build an electricity infrastructure fit for the 21st Century. New, low carbon generation, new networks, and new ways to balance supply and demand.
But what will it take to make this happen? According to the Government, an investment of £110bn by 2020.
That’s why it’s changing the electricity market, to create the right conditions for the investment in infrastructure that this country needs.
So, what are the three big goals of EMR? 
One. To encourage generators to generate more and large users to use less when the network is under stress, which means there’ll be enough electricity for all of us.
Two. To make it easier and cheaper for developers to get the investment they need to build more new low carbon generation.
And Three, to do it in the most economical way, keeping the price of electricity affordable for everyone. 
These much needed changes start with relatively small costs now, but they’ll power the big ambitions of business and society over the next 50 years.
