{"id":378285,"date":"2025-05-14T10:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=378285"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:28:52","slug":"why-electricity-prices-are-so-high-nzw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=378285","title":{"rendered":"Why Electricity Prices Are So High \u2013\u00a0NZW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"378292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=378292\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-181.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-181.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-181.png?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" 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\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2025\/05\/13\/why-electricity-prices-are-so-high-nzw\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"381\" data-attachment-id=\"378287\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=378287\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Gq0WhAKWYAARjcH.jpeg?fit=1500%2C790&amp;ssl=1\" 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1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Gq0WhAKWYAARjcH.jpeg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Gq0WhAKWYAARjcH.jpeg?resize=768%2C404&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Gq0WhAKWYAARjcH.jpeg?resize=1200%2C632&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Gq0WhAKWYAARjcH.jpeg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Gq0WhAKWYAARjcH.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>London: 13 May 2025<br>For immediate release<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Net Zero, not gas, causing bill increases<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A new factsheet from Net Zero Watch shows claims that high electricity prices are due to the influence of gas prices on wholesale markets are almost entirely false.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Through detailed analysis of Ofgem price cap data and, uniquely, an estimate of the effect of carbon taxes on wholesale markets, it reveals that the gas price is now having only a marginal effect on household electricity bills compared to the situation ten years ago. Around three quarters of the increase in bills since 2015 can be attributed to Net Zero.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The most important factors in the \u00a3327 real-terms increase are:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Renewables subsidies (\u00a383)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Carbon taxes (\u00a339)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Grid balancing (\u00a326)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Capacity Market (\u00a326)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Grid strengthening (\u00a323).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The direct cost \u2013 the element that can reasonably be attributed to the cost of gas \u2013 only accounts for \u00a345 of the increase.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Notes for editors<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The factsheet can be&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com\/r?m=6822ee293d3f2037d1235641&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.netzerowatch.com%2Fall-papers%2Fwhy-have-electricity-bills-risen%3Fss_source%3Dsscampaigns%26ss_campaign_id%3D682213b6aaab873354bd11e4%26ss_email_id%3D6822ee293d3f2037d1235641%26ss_campaign_name%3DPress%2Brelease%253A%2BNet%2BZero%252C%2Bnot%2Bgas%252C%2Bcausing%2Bbill%2Bincreases%26ss_campaign_sent_date%3D2025-05-13T07%253A01%253A15Z&amp;w=656f411497ae14084ad8d03a&amp;c=b_682213b6aaab873354bd11e4&amp;l=en-US&amp;s=hjf79gvt2NFtSwRb8TZqNx2yHTI%3D\"><em>downloaded&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><em>from the Net Zero Watch website.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0WhyHavePricesRisen.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 0WhyHavePricesRisen.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1a948a1e-1f65-4e35-a4e3-9d27b2537a6b\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0WhyHavePricesRisen.pdf\">0WhyHavePricesRisen<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0WhyHavePricesRisen.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1a948a1e-1f65-4e35-a4e3-9d27b2537a6b\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new factsheet from Net Zero Watch shows claims that high electricity prices are due to the influence of gas prices on wholesale markets are almost entirely false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":378292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818352,691818154,691820065,691819094,691818299],"class_list":{"0":"post-378285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-carbon-taxes","9":"tag-net-zero","10":"tag-ofgem","11":"tag-renewable-green-energy","12":"tag-subsidies","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-181.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1Apn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":427693,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=427693","url_meta":{"origin":378285,"position":0},"title":"Net Zero Nightmare? 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