{"id":428311,"date":"2026-02-27T09:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=428311"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:08:46","slug":"government-claims-cost-of-electricity-is-falling-its-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=428311","title":{"rendered":"Government Claims Cost of Electricity is Falling. It\u2019s Not"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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The new energy price cap is announced. The BBC reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typical household energy bills will fall by 7% in April, regulator Ofgem has announced, following a shake-up in charges by the Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly everyone in England, Wales and Scotland will benefit from a cut irrespective of their tariff, although the amounts will vary between households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For millions of households on variable tariffs governed by the price cap, the drop will be about \u00a310 a month for those using a typical amount of gas and electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, prices are still about a third higher than before the war in Ukraine, debts have ballooned, and billpayers are being urged to shop around for further savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 7% fall in the price cap is the biggest drop since last summer. While the Government promised a \u00a3150 a year reduction in April, the cost of running the energy network is up, leading to a lesser saving of \u00a3117 for a household using a typical amount of energy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The BBC is being particularly dishonest when it says \u201cprices are still about a third higher than before the war in Ukraine\u201d. The clear intention is to portray the Ukraine war as still keeping gas prices elevated. The figures show this to be false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, energy prices were extremely low in 2020-21 because the pandemic lockdowns reduced demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if we go back to the first Ofgem price cap, January to March 2019, we see that gas prices have barely risen since in real terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although domestic gas bills have increased from \u00a3523 a year to \u00a3766 under the new cap for April, nearly all of this explained by general inflation. However, electricity prices have risen 65.4% despite inflation (RPI) only rising by 43.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearly gas prices cannot be the reason why electricity prices have far outstripped general inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electricity prices are high for one reason and one reason only \u2013 Net Zero policies. In fact the new cap understates the impact of Net Zero. The new cap<\/a> takes \u00a3130 of renewable subsidies off electricity bills and instead puts the cost onto taxation, or more accurately, Government borrowing to be paid back by future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Without this shuffling costs around onto general taxation, electricity bills would now be \u00a31,005, or 90% higher than in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First published on Paul\u2019s blog, <\/em>Not a Lot of People Know That<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The BBC is being particularly dishonest when it says \u201cprices are still about a third higher than before the war in Ukraine\u201d. 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