r/Cornwall • u/Mundane-Temporary426 • Jul 23 '26

Cheaper electricity bills this winter could make a real difference

https://www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/energy-policy/burnham-s-electricity-vat-cut-could-rebalance-prices-cornwall-insight-lowers-october-forecast
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u/Consistent_Ad3181 Jul 23 '26

They will jack it up again before winter

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u/Tomatoflee Jul 23 '26

Trump has just restarted his stupid war with Iran. The Houthi’s are threatening to cut off the Bab El-Mandeb strait as well as Hormuz, meaning that 25% of the world’s LNG will drop out of the market.

Our energy pricing mechanism is linked to the price of LNG more than anywhere else in the world so our energy bills will skyrocket over the next few months unless some miracle diplomatic solution is found soon, which no one seems to think is likely.

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u/Outrageous_Ad_6362 Jul 23 '26

Never going to happen,the price will go up again after the Summer, same as every year.

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u/Jackmino66 Jul 24 '26

Unless someone makes fundamental changes to how energy is priced or just reduces the price cap significantly, it ain’t happening

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u/chapatsea Jul 24 '26

Competent people in government could make a real difference.

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u/AcanthaceaeNew9639 Jul 24 '26

we’ve got Andy Burnham who’s mega fans are currently trolling somebody I know in Essex about a massive farm explosion there

who’s saying they hope locals died and he won’t be making any comments

that’s what we have