Jim Audiomisc
pfm Member
Last week's Briefing Room on R4 had a good overview of things.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019z38
The overall consensus seemed to be to go with OFGEM's recommendation to let the cap rise to keep the focus on the cost of energy and drive public behaviour towards greater energy efficiency, but provide a rebate to the bottom 30-60% of the UK with the lowest household incomes and reinvigorate household insulation schemes.
Still treats the symptoms, not what causes them.
Yes, we should *also* be working on improved energy efficiency, expanding use of other sources of energy, etc. But that isn't going to help people survive the next year or so. Although the Truss Muppet idea of doing away with green levies is really bonkers. What we actually need is to over-rule tory nimbies and get on with builiding more wind farms, etc.