[sefrost]

Does this cancel out the high energy prices people in the UK have been paying for the past decade+? Part of the reason the bills are high is because they subsidise the installation of renewable generation.

[rwmj]

In hindsight it was quite prescient to be installing renewables wasn't it.

[tonyedgecombe]

It might have been better to lump some of those costs on gas rather than electricity. Polluter pays and all that.

[IshKebab]

> Part of the reason bills are high is because they subsidise the installation of renewable generation.

Yeah citation definitely needed. UK electricity prices are high because we are highly dependent on imported gas.

[vrganj]

Sounds like that was a good idea, then? Not sure why you perceive this as some sort of gotcha or an axe to grind.

Yes, building infrastructure costs money. Where's the problem?

[te_chris]

Yes. Obviously it does.

[sefrost]

Is it obvious? Do you have the figures? One month of £1bn savings vs what cost over the last 20 years?

I support the roll out of renewables. I worked for a renewable energy company in the UK.

I just think a lot of consumers (industry and residential) have had to pay a very high price to get to the current situation. And lots of foreign private and other institutional (the Crown) organisations have benefitted most from this fast but expensive transition.