Britain brings forward electricity supply auction to avoid power crunch

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will bring forward a scheme to encourage power companies to supply electricity at peak times by a year in a bid to avert a looming electricity supply crunch, the government said on Tuesday. Britain may face electricity supply shortages over the next few winters as coal plants close due to weak economic conditions and investors say there is little incentive to build new power plants. Under the government's capacity market scheme, the owners of power pla