week. that could mean some gaps on the shelves by the end of the week. l the shelves by the end of the week. the clock is ticking for the government to find a solution to an energy crisis with potentially far reaching ripple effects. emma simpson, bbc news. our business editor simonjack is here. what happens if someone s energy company goes bust? don t panic is the first thing. take a metre reading and sit tight, as emma was explaining. what normally happens is 0fgem will get one of the bigger companies to take over your customer. the problem is it is going to be economically damaging because the current prices are much higher than the cap that they can sell. so every customer they take on they will be losing money, so the talks today are about what to do about that. i understand that some sort of state backed loans to the big companies will be taking on the smaller companies, not prop up the smaller companies, not prop up the smaller companies, not prop up the smaller companies themse