{"id":299663,"date":"2024-02-04T13:10:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T12:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=299663"},"modified":"2024-02-04T13:10:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T12:10:35","slug":"ofgem-to-investigate-claims-of-wind-farms-overcharging-billpayers-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=299663","title":{"rendered":"Ofgem to investigate claims of wind farms overcharging billpayers millions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"362\" data-attachment-id=\"299667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=299667\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?fit=2400%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?fit=723%2C362&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?resize=723%2C362&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?resize=1536%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?resize=2048%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?resize=1200%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Energy regulator Ofgem is investigating the claims that wind farms may have incorrectly added close to \u00a351m to taxpayer bills since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Bloomberg\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/graphics\/2024-uk-wind-farms-overstate-output\/?srnd=premium\">report<\/a>\u00a0found that 40 out of 121 studied projects overstated their output by ten per cent on average and one-sixth (27) wind farms were found to be overstating by at least 20 per cent. The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/ofgem-to-investigate-claims-of-wind-farms-overcharging-billpayers-millions\/\">CityAM<\/a><\/em> has the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ofgem said it was investigating the alleged behaviour and has asked the Energy System Operator (ESO) to look into the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u201cOfgem will work closely with the ESO to consider all the facts and if it finds evidence of egregious action or market abuse, enforcement action will follow,\u201d the spokesperson told\u00a0<em>City A.M.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will continue to work to protect market integrity and the best interests of consumers, as demonstrated by the recent cases we have concluded against generators who charged excessive prices behind transmission constraints.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report has reached government ears and parliamentary under-secretary of state 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