Ofgem says the amount sold in this way remains pitifully low. The regulator is considering forcing companies to trade at least 25% of their power on the longer-term market.

英国能源监管机构称长期市场上拍卖的电力仍然少的可怜，所以他们正在考虑强制各公司把25%的能源用于长期市场的交易。

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Ofgem, the energy regulator, says the free market is not providing the investment needed to safeguard energy supplies in the UK.

英国能源监管机构Ofgem认为，在英国，自由市场已经不能提供足够的资金来确保能源的供应。

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Ofgem says it will open investigations into six UK energy companies for failing to meet government energy efficiency targets.

BBC: Ofgem to investigate missed energy efficiency targets

And it's sufficiently likely that Ofgem says the government needs to give serious consideration to the case for further measures to secure gas supplies.

BBC: Cooking without gas

If the energy companies do not co-operate with Ofgem's proposals the government says it will force them to using the new legislation.

BBC: Gas ring