In reaction to Ofgem’s energy price cap increase, announced this morning, Greenpeace UK’s energy campaigner, Georgia Whitaker, said:
“When these bills start hitting doormats, the harsh reality of the UK’s dependence on gas will be laid bare. It’s time the government stopped protecting the profits of fossil fuel giants and started protecting people from an energy market that’s spiralling out of control.
“The incoming PM must provide immediate relief to households with a freeze on energy bills and extra welfare support for those in most need, funded in part by properly taxing the astronomical profits of oil and gas companies.
“The government has shackled households to sky-high bills by actively scrapping energy-saving schemes that would have reduced household bills forever, now it must rectify this costly mistake. Investing heavily in energy-saving measures, like insulation and heat pumps, and turbocharging the delivery of renewables – which are now nine times cheaper than gas – is imperative to bringing future bills down and preventing climate disaster. Unless the government focuses on getting the UK off the fossil fuels that are driving this crisis, deaths will rise alongside energy prices, and this emergency will only get worse.”
