Energy bills to rise because of delays to Labour’s green energy plan to slash prices

Households throughout the UK may face electricity bill increases due to delays in the government’s clean energy projects.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband promised to use more renewable energy than the British wind farms, and promised that the average home energy bills would be 300 £ less than 2030.

However, after 2030, the ministers warned that the three vital projects will be postponed “critical to provide a network that supports clean power.

The National Energy System Operator (Neso) calculated that delays in these projects would cost consumers around £ 4.2 billion in 2030.

Neso, Neso’s North Sea to tie the open sea wind farms in the East Anglia and three critical grill projects in the Southeast, he said.

“Our assessment shows that without these projects, the clean power target cannot be achieved, that the clean power target has left its target to approximately 1.6% in 2030 and that consumers may face extra restriction costs in 2030 in 2030,” he said.

Restriction costs are penalties paid when electricity cannot flow efficiently.

This means that the government may have to compensate for the open sea wind farm developers to close the turbines, because the electricity network power will not be able to carry the power to households and fear that these costs will be transferred to customers.

The report also calls for a more united approach that consider both national and local networks to avoid bottlenecks. It emphasizes the benefits of new electrical grille -enhancing technologies and the benefits of additional projects that can rely on the pollutant gas power plants.

To take eight projects further can reduce costs in 2030 more than £ 1.7 billion, but the operator said it would be “extremely difficult” without covering reforms for planning rules and financing processes.

Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho said Mr. Miliband’s commitment to reduce the invoices of 300 £ 300 is a fantasy always a fantasy ”.

“This is what happens when you set yourself up and ignore the costs of impossible climate goals,” he wrote in X.

Energy safety and Net Zero spokesperson a department said: “After years of inactivity, we act quickly, reform in the planning system, accelerate the grid connections and build the infrastructure we need to provide clean, affordable energy.

“The National Energy System Operator said that the planned grill upgrades for 2030 are expected to save up to £ 5 billion, and that these savings may be up to £ 11 billion by offering all the fast projects we have identified.”

It comes as the government announced that it will leave its plans for energy pricing zones.

The Energy Secretary was considering regional pricing suggestions that will see that different areas of the country have paid different rates for electricity based on local supply and demand.

However, the government has now decided to maintain a single national wholesale sales price.

Zonal pricing would see bills depending on how much electricity was available, ie areas that produce large amounts of power, such as Scotland, would have lower market prices.

However, it also means that market prices in other parts of the country will be higher like the South East.

The advocates of the program, making the electricity network more efficient, he said he would save billions of pounds every year, but critics said that this would create a post -code lottery with an unjust inequality on the bills.