🌍✨ Revealed: Expensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity bills
Why we’re watching: Print article Share A surge in wholesale costs driven by expensive gas is responsible for nearly 90% of the rise in UK household electricity bills since 2020, reveals new analysis.
The figures, shared with Carbon Brief by thinktank Nesta, show that wholesale gas costs are also behind the vast majority (77%) of the increase in household gas bills. 💚
The analysis firmly contradicts the idea, which has become embedded in UK media and political narratives, that the UK’s net-zero target is to blame for high energy bills.
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Reporting curated for GreenTV. Original reporting via Carbon Brief.