Mervyn Barrett in Lincolnshire, who resigned in June from Nacro, a charity that works at reducing criminal offending, says he worries about fund-raising all the time.
He is good at fleshing out the lives and concerns of the (often impoverished) people who stand to gain from reducing particular trade barriers, as well as the worries of those who oppose change.
Depending on how broadly transmission costs are spread, the coalition worries its customers may have to pay for grid upgrades that will have the effect of reducing power prices for others.
Bruce Walker, head of Centrica Storage (which runs Rough), worries that a government-run reserve would be seen by the private sector as a safety net, reducing its incentive to build commercial storage.