Why does UK electricity cost so much? On the BBC yesterday Energy UK's Adam Berman revealed that it's because gas is setting the price but the Government is pocketing the difference, refusing to pass it on to consumers.
Environmental levies are set to cost a whopping £95 billion over the next five years, most of which will be loaded onto energy bills, according to the latest analysis of Rachel Reeves's Spring Statement.
An interview on Radio 4 this week laid bare Ed Miliband's fantasy thinking on Net Zero. As Amol Rajan pressed the deluded Energy Secretary on how his claims are the opposite of reality, he simply dug in.
Rising electricity bills aren't just about gas prices – renewables' subsidies, grid costs and backup power are the real culprits, says David Turver. It's time to change course and abandon Net Zero.
Britain is paying almost £180,000 an hour – £4.3 million per day – to switch off wind farms because there is nowhere for the excess power to go.
Meet 72 year-old retired teacher Lynn Emm, who, because of Rachel Reeves, is now forced to choose between warmth and survival, heating her home for only two hours a day while struggling to make ends meet.
Households paid the equivalent of £2 million an hour to gas power stations today after low wind power output and freezing temperatures left electricity grid bosses scrambling to keep the lights on.
Brits could face an extra £20 a year on energy bills to fund unproven carbon capture technology as the Government proposes to spend £21.7 billion on projects to capture the gas from the air and store it underground.
According to Labour, "all families deserve the security of a home they can afford to heat". If the party really believed that, says Ben Pile, it would drop its commitment to over-priced green energy and ramp up the gas.
When Ed Miliband didn’t come to the Commons to deliver a statement it became obvious the wheels had come off his 'plan' for zero carbon electricity by 2030. It's another broken election pledge, says Claire Coutinho.
