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Part 3 of this thread; #SolentFreeport #Teeside #MacquarieGIG #Ofgem #Bamford #SouthernWater #SGN #ExxonMobil
Am adding replies as I go, as my 'unsent tweets' section is refusing save drafts, so bear with, please.
part 1 starts here;
Some thoughts on the proposed #energy bill freeze... 🧵
Based on media reports, the idea is to cap the unit cost of energy by subsidising suppliers so that they do not have to pass on higher wholesale prices in full, either to households or to businesses… (1/10)
#energycrisis
Based on media reports, the idea is to cap the unit cost of energy by subsidising suppliers so that they do not have to pass on higher wholesale prices in full, either to households or to businesses… (1/10)
#energycrisis
On the plus side, this would lift the huge cloud of uncertainty which is now hanging over the whole economy. The peak in #inflation would also be much lower.
With this plan in place, the new government can score a big 'win' and quickly move on to other priorities... (2/10)
With this plan in place, the new government can score a big 'win' and quickly move on to other priorities... (2/10)
But this is another huge intervention which will distort markets even further, mainly help higher users of energy, and could be very expensive.
Consumers will still have some incentive to reduce bills by using less energy, but much less than if prices were free to adjust. (3/10)
Consumers will still have some incentive to reduce bills by using less energy, but much less than if prices were free to adjust. (3/10)
[#NATO war propaganda]
US orders families of #Kyiv #embassy staff to leave Ukraine | Jan 23
- In a travel advisory published on its website, the State Department said that there were reports Russia is planning significant military action against Ukraine.
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US orders families of #Kyiv #embassy staff to leave Ukraine | Jan 23
- In a travel advisory published on its website, the State Department said that there were reports Russia is planning significant military action against Ukraine.
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The #misinformation spread by the British Foreign Office is another evidence that these are the #NATO countries, led by the Anglo-Saxons that are #escalating tensions around #Ukraine | Jan 24
-We call to stop provocative activities, stop spreading nonsense
cambodiantimes.com/news/272224137…
-We call to stop provocative activities, stop spreading nonsense
cambodiantimes.com/news/272224137…
OFGEM - the UK Government's energy regulator - are the biggest obstacle to making full use of #Scotland's #renewable #energy resources.
Energy policy is reserved to the UK Government, so there's absolutely nothing the Scottish Government can do about #Ofgem.
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Energy policy is reserved to the UK Government, so there's absolutely nothing the Scottish Government can do about #Ofgem.
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Here's a BBC article where Ofgem have supposedly given the "green light" for the first ever grid connection to Shetland.
(Believe it or not, we're in 2019 and the UK has never bothered to connect #Shetland to the National Grid.)
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(Believe it or not, we're in 2019 and the UK has never bothered to connect #Shetland to the National Grid.)
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Unfortunately, approval for the grid connection to Shetland is conditional on the UK Government funding a wind farm project there, which will in turn be conditional on being able to transmit power to the National Grid.
Catch-22.
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Catch-22.
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