The government has rightly obliged energy companies to do their part in improving it.
This law obliged energy supply companies and network operators to purchase electricity from renewable sources of energy at a price set by law - which was above the market price - and to pass on the additional costs in a compensation system run by the network operators and energy suppliers.
The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 granted new powers to tackle erosion and "underwrote a path to run round England's coastland", while the Community Energy Saving Programme (2009) obliged energy suppliers and generators to deliver energy efficiency measures in certain low income areas.
David Cameron launched a belated attempt to firm up his widely criticised commitment to oblige all energy companies to provide customers with the lowest tariff.
Dramatically increasing demand for energy is at odds with the world's finite reserves of non-renewable energy resources, obliging society to improve the efficiency of energy conversion systems.
The state, says Dian Grueneich, one of the commissioners, hopes to meet half of all projected demand growth through increased energy efficiency.Less dainty governments just oblige the most energy-hungry firms to cut back.
The paper added that a "continuing UK would not be obliged to purchase energy from an independent Scottish state".
It adds: "With a range of generation sources within its own borders and elsewhere, a continuing UK would not be obliged to purchase energy from an independent Scottish state".
In this mechanism, a renewable energy production or consumption target is set, and the utility (more technically the Load Serving Entity) is obliged to purchase renewable energy or face a fine (Alternative Compliance Payment or ACP).
