When people try to shoehorn these issues into the free-market framework, what ends up happening is that one side of these trade-offs gets ignored.

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Backed by Warburg Pincus, Benchmark Solutions has spent about 40 million developing its Market Calibrated Framework engine which, the company says, has algorithms that work like an experienced trader in pricing bonds.

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But for an individual industrial or commercial consumer, this market provides a perfect framework in which to exploit competitive micro-generation.

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