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- Zonal pricing is dead. Now Miliband should be less absolutist on his 2030 goals | Nils Pratley 10 July 2025The imperative ought to be to bear down on costs for consumers, starting with a more pragmatic approach to generation targetsThe chief executive of Ofgem, Jonathan Brearley, backed zonal pricing. Fintan Slye, the head of the National Energy System Operator, also supported a system that could have led to different parts of Great Britain charging […]Nils Pratley
- UK government abandons energy ‘zonal pricing’ plan 10 July 2025Proposal to vary electricity charges in England, Wales and Scotland based on supply and demand dropped in favour of ‘fair and affordable’ single priceBusiness live – latest updatesThe government has abandoned plans for “zonal pricing” that would have charged electricity users in the south-east of England more than those in Scotland, saying that a single […]Kalyeena Makortoff and Jillian Ambrose
- We must count the real costs of nuclear power | Letters 9 July 2025With efficient renewables, the whole world could have a western European lifestyle and still use less energy, writes Nick Eyre, while Kathleen Askew asks what happens to hugely toxic radioactive wasteTim Gregory (Can we afford to be afraid of nuclear power? 6 July) makes a series of assertions that are incompatible with recent evidence about […]Guardian Staff
- Ed Miliband abandons plan to charge less for electricity in Scotland 8 July 2025Energy minister decides against ‘zonal pricing’ backed by Octopus founder but opposed by many other energy firmsEd Miliband has abandoned plans to charge southern electricity users more than those in Scotland, after senior officials warned it could put off investors and make it more difficult to build renewables.Sources have told the Guardian that the government […]Kiran Stacey
- Time for some straight talking on the cost of clean energy. It isn’t a free lunch | Nils Pratley 8 July 2025UK ministers should update the public on the outlook for bills as the price of overhauling the system is adding upThe government’s decision on zonal pricing for electricity – the issue that divides the energy industry like no other – is due any day. Whichever way ministers jump, it would be a good moment to […]Nils Pratley