Electricity Is Most Expensive In The UK.

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How can the cost of electricity in the UK be justified?
The next highest price is almost half the price of the cost in the UK.
I just returned from the US and as usual I turn off lights and wonder why air-conditioning is on when not necessary etc and my family and friends as usual tease and are perplexed about why I keep turning lights off when there's no one in the room etc. It's always been this way but seeing this image now I totally understand why they think it's a weird happy and those of us who live in the UK are tight.

Labour then removed the winter fuel allowance for the elderly and the PM is in Azerbaijan for COP29 praising more green polices they plan to bring in.

I understand most world leaders are not in attendance and many are murmuring that reducing the cost of energy, encouraging innovation that reduces th cost of energy and farming, investing in farming, cheaper transport etc to make natural foods ie grains, nuts, veg and fruit more available etc.

Seems the UK has reached a consensus to live in poverty to help offset emissions.

That’s for industrial use. Not home use. Google is saying that Germany and Ireland had higher electric prices this year compared to UK.

Plus there's lots of other countries not on that list where electricity could well be more expensive than the UK. this shows that domestic electricity is more expensive than the UK in most of western Europe.

A lot of the problem is we are not self sufficient and have to allow funds to import especially in winter

Yes, at an EU level we are one of the cheapest for domestic electricity I think. My bill for electricity in France is higher than the U.K in terms of cost / unit, and there are nowhere near as many cheap / off-peak / EV rates as in the U.K.

I turn off lights and wonder why air-conditioning is on when not necessary etc and my family and friends as usual tease and are perplexed about why I keep turning lights off when there's no one in the room etc. It's always been this way but seeing this image now I totally understand why they think it's a weird happy and those of us who live in the UK are tight

Also, what's the point of lighting an empty room or using air con excessively? Whatever the cost, does no-one care about the environment?

But that list is comparing European June 2024 prices against UK December 2020 prices.

It’s useless for UK vs elsewhere comparison purposes.

Also, what's the point of lighting an empty room or using air con excessively

In summer air con is basically 24/7 to keep comfortable so that’s understandable but I do think most Americans shut the lights off it’s just we may not be religious about it since it’s not about cost but more about habit.

Our price per unit that we pay with our supplier in Sweden is more than my mum pays per unit in the UK.

Peak
(07:00 - 00:00)
25.41p
per kWh

Off-peak
(00:00 - 07:00)
6.7p
per kWh
Daily standing charge: 57.84p

That's from E.ON on a EV tariff. I don't know if that includes VAT.

I'm in Ireland, and I pay (including VAT) 82c/68p/day standing, 14c/12p night 26c/22p day, and 28c/23p peak (5-7pm), at a discounted rate for switching provider last month.

So it's pretty close - with my car charging overnight I'd be slightly better off in the UK though.

MIL is in the EU and pays 0.34 EUR per kwh. In the UK we pay £0.25 per kwh so this graph is not correct. Wages where MIL lives re also 50% less than UK.

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