{"id":379158,"date":"2025-05-21T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=379158"},"modified":"2025-05-21T12:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:15:06","slug":"kathryn-porter-the-true-affordability-of-net-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=379158","title":{"rendered":"Kathryn Porter: The true affordability of net\u00a0zero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathryn Porter\u2019s new report on electricity prices has already garnered a lot of attention:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This evening my latest report: The true affordability of net zero, was launched at an event hosted by The Lord Offord of Garvel, Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero in the House of Lords. The event was attended by MPs, Peers and members of the energy community as well as the press. It\u2019s the first time a report of mine has received quite so much attention. Ahead of the launch it was covered by <\/em>UnHerd<\/em><\/a> and the <\/em>Telegraph<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My report reviews in depth the costs of renewable generation and their impact on our bills, driving British industrial electricity costs to the highest in the developed world, and our domestic costs to fourth highest. We\u2019re told this is due to the cost of gas, yet our gas bills are only 15th<\/sup> highest in the world. According to international energy price <\/em>statistics<\/em><\/a> published  by the UK Government, as of June 2024 (the last month included in the dataset), large British firms were paying 27.91 p \/kWh for electricity while those in the EU paid just 10.80 p \/kWh. But this was not always the case. Back in July 2011 there was almost no difference between the price paid by industrial consumers in the UK versus those in the \u20ac7.48 p \/kWh compared with 7.04 p \/kWh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My report sets out all of the additional costs applied to bills as a result of net zero policies which in 2023-24 amounted to over \u00a317 billion, and are projected to increase to over \u00a320 billion per year in 2029-30. My analysis indicates that had Britain continued with its legacy gas-based power system in the period since 2006, consumers would have been almost \u00a3220 billion better off (2025 money) even taking into account the impact of the gas crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full report here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would highlight two graphs, the first of which disproves the lie that our electricity prices are high because of high gas prices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The second shows the full cost of policy costs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The true affordability of net zero, was launched at an event hosted by The Lord Offord of Garvel, Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero in the House of Lords. The event was attended by MPs, Peers and members of the energy community as well as the press. It\u2019s the first time a report of mine has received quite so much attention. Ahead of the launch it was covered by\u00a0UnHerd\u00a0and the\u00a0Telegraph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":379164,"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":[691819691,691823612,691818154,691824798,691819988,691835224],"class_list":{"0":"post-379158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-electricity-prices","9":"tag-kathryn-porter","10":"tag-net-zero","11":"tag-renewable-green-energy-2","12":"tag-telegraph","13":"tag-unherd","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG2-46.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1ADs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":362692,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=362692","url_meta":{"origin":379158,"position":0},"title":"NESO Must Come\u00a0Clean","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"19\/01\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Kathryn Porter has the latest on the near blackouts last week:","rel":"","context":"In \"Blackouts\"","block_context":{"text":"Blackouts","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=blackouts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0OC-IS_021.jpg?fit=1026%2C684&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0OC-IS_021.jpg?fit=1026%2C684&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0OC-IS_021.jpg?fit=1026%2C684&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0OC-IS_021.jpg?fit=1026%2C684&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":287377,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=287377","url_meta":{"origin":379158,"position":1},"title":"New paper reveals sorry state of GB\u00a0nuclear","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/11\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The UK Government\u2019s commitment to nuclear power has strengthened significantly in recent years as concerns over energy security have risen, due to the uncertainty created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and a growing realisation of the risks posed by a reliance on renewable generation. 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