The goals here are to meet the expected future demand for power and gas without running roughshod over property owners.

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In the meantime, the clock is running: Most property policies stipulate that claims be submitted within 60 to 90 days of the disaster.

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Which is why the 2011 bonus for Stephen Hester, RBS's chief executive, is such a lightning rod for discontent in the UK, even though he was actually running a commercial property company, British Land, when the bankers' risk-taking party was at its frenzied peak (and see my post of last night for more on this).

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