The Times (£) has taken a look at UK energy policy and has come away pretty appalled with what it has found:
With zero margin for error, power cuts are virtually inevitable. Britons are in fact becoming more efficient in their use of energy. Overall consumption has fallen slightly since the 1970s and markedly since 2005. A crisis looms despite this trend because of steadily declining North Sea output and the planned obsolescence of ageing power stations.
There are extended excerpts at GWPF.