are high and pay it back when wholesale prices are low. what you make of a mechanism like that to try and stretch this shock over a longer period? a fund like that could work if you could guarantee the prices will fall. but nobody knows what energy prices will do in the future. so, therefore, we believe that a fund is not the right solution. there s no need for any support for energy companies. their chief executive of british gas owner centrica chris 0 shea. let s speak tojonny marshall, senior economist at the resolution foundation think tank. would you agree with that assessment that energy prices, really high energy prices, could last for up to two years? i energy prices, could last for up to two years? energy prices, could last for up to two ears? ., ., . , ., two years? i would agree. when you look at the two years? i would agree. when you look at the energy two years? i would agree. when you look at the energy futures two years? i would agree. when you look at the energy