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This paragraph caught my eye:

Britain’s power grids, which are regulated by Ofgem, have warned renewable energy developers to expect a 10-to-15-year wait to connect their projects to the network. The delays threaten the government’s clean energy targets and put much-needed investment in the UK at risk. Critics of the regulator blame its failure to keep pace with seismic changes to the industry.

The above paragraph includes a link to this:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/08/uk-green-energy-projects-in-limbo-as-grid-struggles-to-keep-pace

Pricing would come down once these projects are up and running and once we stop basing the cost of a unit of energy on oil regardless of how that unit was produced.

Incompetence begets incompetence.

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I love a good Tory bashing. It’s jolly good fun. But this is Daily Mail rant level of absurdity.

every successive winter brings the UK to almost-blackouts

Improving public debate should surely start with representing fact?

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Good point. As we head into a risky 2023, here is my counter query: how many times in a row does it need to be a risk before we can say “every winter”?

Great Britain faces rising risk of winter blackouts, system operator warns - Guardian, 2021 - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/22/great-britain-faces-risk-of-winter-blackouts-system-operator-warns

What will happen if Britain has winter blackouts? - BBC, 2022 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63170747

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