By Paul Homewood
h/t Philip Bratby
Gas bills are projected to rise by around £1,000 to pay for wind power under official plans currently being considered by the Energy Secretary.
Claire Coutinho received a report earlier this year that suggested moving some or all green levies from household electricity bills to gas bills, or shifting them into general taxation.
Both proposals, presented by officials at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), have been put forward amid concerns that the weight of green levies on household costs is stifling progress on net zero.
But they could prove controversial because of the likely costs to households relying on gas, as well as it being seen as fairer to apply levies to electricity bills.
A new analysis by Cadent, a gas distribution company, found energy bills would rise by £1,045 a year for millions of homes reliant on gas by 2035 if Ms Coutinho opted to move all green tariffs from electricity bills to gas bills.
It calculated that low-income families would be hit the hardest by the move, which would account for almost half (47 per cent) of energy bills for households reliant on gas.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/25/gas-bills-could-rise-by-1000-to-pay-for-wind-power/
Would the Telegraph stop calling these GREEN LEVIES, and call them what they really are – SUBSIDIES FOR WIND FARMS?
And let’s be absolutely clear – this would be a punitive tax on gas, designed to make it too expensive for people to use.
The Government has run into one of the inherent self contradictions of the Net Zero nonsense. They want us to use electricity for everything, such as cars and heating, but have also had to massively subsidise renewable energy, thus making the electrification option unaffordable for everybody.
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