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[SteamyTea]

7 hours ago, Mike said:

https://www.slrconsulting.com/insights/carbon-and-energy-newsletter-july-2026/

Thanks, I had forgotten that this was happening.

ETS has been quietly plodding along in the background and does not seem to have affected costs too badly.

[Bancroft]

On 01/08/2026 at 10:59, MortarThePoint said:

the average UK electricity price is 26p/kWh

Much of this is due to electric taking the majority of the tax burden - away from gas.

 

It always strikes me as odd that successive governments want better energy security (including not importing gas) but continue to hit electrical supply with the burden of taxation in order to make gas cheaper.

 

And then spend millions on offsetting wind farms for not dumping electricity on to the grid!

 

I presume they don't want to lose votes from people who still have gas boilers...

 

But, if they switched the subsidies/taxes around that would be a prime reason for people to start moving to electricity over a relatively short period of time as they got stung by higher gas prices.

[G and J]

Remember the first priority of any politician is to get re-elected.  

[Bancroft]

18 hours ago, G and J said:

Remember the first priority of any politician is to get re-elected.  

And the quote from Jean-Paul Junkers - "Every politician knows what they should do.  What they don't know is how to get elected again afterwards".