Why Britons pay so much for electricity

Almost all the time, expensive gas sets the price

When campaigning for office Labour named five priorities, from kickstarting economic growth to halving serious violent crime. Progress has been patchy, at best. But on one of its five “missions”, making Britain a clean-energy “superpower”, there is some cheerful news. In 2024, for the first time, renewable energy (mainly wind and solar power) generated most of Britain’s electricity.

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Power up”

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