That would be the government, which held, yesterday, a 'two-hour' meeting on 'energy security, supply and price'. And they're back again to discuss more on the topic next week.
No decisions were taken at today's meeting, but the high level group will convene again - possibly next week.
Work is said to be ongoing to assess how the Government can continue to help relieve some of the pressure on people and business.
A statement this evening said: "The Government is very conscious of the concern of households and businesses around increased energy costs.
They're not the only ones. The EU is likewise holding meetings and talking about 'emergency action' to alleviate the energy supply price crisis.
"The skyrocketing electricity prices are now exposing the limitations of our current electricity market design," EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told a forum in Bled, Slovenia.
"It was developed under completely different circumstances and for completely different purposes. It is no longer fit for purpose," she said.
"That is why we, the Commission, are now working on an emergency intervention and a structural reform of the electricity market. We need a new market model for electricity that really functions and brings us back into balance."
This is interesting for many reasons. For a start - what will this restructuring entail? What were the limitations previously (or more accurately, currently)? And in a context of reduced supplies (in part due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia) how are shortfall's made up?
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