irregularities in the administration of such government help can deter many investors more generally known irregularities in the price governance of electricity or energy can discourage capital providers from investing in energy efficiency projects a sudden change in the price of electricity while the project is being implemented would affect its expected return on investments the financial risk is also characterised by a risk of default in the counterparty the price volatility of energy eg oil or electricity could be addressed through insurance mechanisms technical failures could be addressed through adequate contract exclusion