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What decides those in power generation about energy stored in revolutionary cell? (7,8)

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I believe the answer is:

general election

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'what decides those in power' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'generation about energy stored in revolutionary cell?' is the wordplay.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'stored in' is an insertion indicator.
'revolutionary' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cell' anagrammed gives 'llec'.
'e' going inside 'llec' is 'lelec'.
'generation' placed around 'lelec' is 'GENERAL ELECTION'.

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(Other definitions for general election that I've seen before include "Poll" , "representative selection" , "When all MPs are chosen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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