What's mad is that even accepting most of our energy will be exported south of the border, something like 40% in the Highlands was lost to curtailment. We are turning turbines off even while the… (View Post)

The fundamental flaw with that table is it compares the marginal cost of gas with the total cost of renewables. A like-for-like comparison would be to drop (almost) all the CfD costs from renewables,… (View Post)

It's great having people in the know like ydoethur and Richard_Tyndall on PB - but that doesn't mean you should take what they say as gospel. That's not to accuse them of lying - just … (View Post)

I’m not, actually. I’m recognising that there are significant local fuel supply issues and prices should be allowed to adjust to account for that so that supplies don’t run out. I’m also recognising … (View Post)

Which is equivalent to 155p today, so we’re still short of that despite Hormuz closing. I appreciate the need to keep costs down for essential services, but it does seem a bit mad to me to suppress p… (View Post)