Put Up Gas Prices, Demand Net Zero Zealots
April 2, 2025
By Paul Homewood
More demands to shift renewable electricity subsidies onto gas bills:
From the Telegraph:
Energy suppliers have urged Ed Miliband to charge households more for running a gas boiler to boost the uptake of eco-friendly heat pumps and electric vehicles (EVs).
In a letter to the Energy Secretary, suppliers including EDF, EOn, Octopus and OVO warned that a typical household paid four times as much per year in levies on electricity usage than on gas usage.
This makes it less financially attractive to switch to electrically-powered heating and transport, they said, even though ministers want households to adopt EVs and heat pumps to help reduce carbon emissions and Britain’s dependence on natural gas.
The suppliers, supported by charities including Citizens Advice and National Energy Action, called on Mr Miliband to urgently review the system and “rebalance” levies so that they were more evenly spread between electricity and gas usage.
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