UK Electricity Bills Highest in Europe Because of Nuclear Focus


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UK Energy Price Guarantees will fix above-market electricity prices for nuclear power and wind farms, delay capacity payments, shift costs to consumers, support utilities like EDF and Centrica, and help carbon targets and green jobs.

 

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They are fixed-price contracts for low-carbon power, deferring capacity payments and shifting costs to consumers.

  • Fixes above-market prices for nuclear and wind power
  • Capacity payments delayed for further consultation
  • Costs recovered via higher consumer electricity bills

 

Sweeping energy market reforms due to be unveiled by the Government will make UK electricity bills among the highest in Europe, say analysts.

 

Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, is likely to say that energy companies, such as Centrica and EDF, will get a fixed price following the British Energy sale decision for electricity generated from nuclear power and wind farms which is higher than the market price.

However, it is understood that the Government may delay another subsidy for power station owners, called capacity payments, under the energy security bill framework now in development, while there is further consultation.

The financial incentives will be funded by consumers, who will see their electricity bills rise by 30pc during the next 20 years from £493 per year to £655. This estimate was made before electricity bills soared to their highest ever for millions of customers after 10pc to 15pc price increases by British Gas, EDF Energy and Scottish Power in the past weeks.

However, ministers have decided to push through the costly package to make sure EDF, Centrica, RWE, E.ON, Scottish Power and Scottish & Southern think Britain is an attractive place to build nuclear power stations and wind farms. The UK needs to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions from power generation to hit European Union emissions targets.

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