In response to reports that the Energy Bill may be ‘paused or ditched completely'[1] by the government, Dr Doug Parr, Policy Director for Greenpeace UK, said –
“The Energy Bill isn’t perfect but ministers shouldn’t throw away the baby with the bath water. By now, most people agree that our broken energy market needs fixing, and this bill is a good opportunity to do so. It already includes measures to drive up heat pump installations, which is key to protecting households from spiralling gas prices and cutting climate-wrecking emissions. And ministers could use the bill to bring in new standards to improve our energy-wasting homes and bring down bills whilst removing the absurd barriers blocking solar and wind, the cheapest energy sources we have. This provides the long-term solution to our energy woes the prime minister is looking for, not fracking or more drilling in the North Sea.”
