The following are regarded as worthy of note in the United Kingdom because of their impact on the assurance of supply, on the environment, and on consumers: the transposition of the directive on industrial emissions, because of its implications in the development of generation plants in the United Kingdom; the Government’s decision not to undertake the planned carbon capture project at the Longannet thermal plant, and the impact on public opinion of the rate increase by ScottishPower which, while fully justified by the conditions of supply and the price of raw materials, has created unease among consumers and in the Government, coming, as it does, at a time when the economy is in the doldrums.