Interesting to hear the arguments against zonal pricing on BBC Radio 4 Today. One huge error “it’s just the same costs spread differently”. Absolutely not- we’d need 1/3 less new Grid, hugely reduce cost of wind curtailment and build new infrastructure where it’s most efficient 1/n

2/n “It’d be a postcode lottery - flat pricing is fair”. Again, nonsense. I don’t think it’d be sensible to create “flat prices for housing” by increasing prices everywhere to match london levels. But that’s what we do in electricity. It’s mad.

Zonal pricing would improve costs for 5m UK businesses, and 29 million households It'd also reduce the amount of expensive new energy infrastructure we need to build, and ensure it's built in the locations with highest demand, not highest subsidies Here's the SMF Social Market Foundation

Anyone whingeing about wind turbine recycling has another agenda... You can't recycle oil or gas. When they're burnt, their residues are dumped in the open sewer of our 60 mile atmosphere Even claims of (highly subsidised) oil rig recycling are ropey energyvoice.com/oilandgas/deco…)

Dr Paul Dorfman If helpful… it’s odd that this piece doesn’t include fact that brake pads on EVs are barely used so dramatically lest brake dust is produced - and ofc, particulates are only one form of emissions- co2 is rather an issue too

Yesterday, Thu 20-02-25 Yesterday, wasted wind cost Britain: £17,225,039 £3,786,044 switching off wind turbines £13,438,994 buying energy elsewhere That's 109,260 MWh of green electrons: enough to power 3 Londons for a day. Source: wastedwind.energy

Yesterday, Sat 22-02-25, Wasted wind cost Britain: £13,268,293 £3,469,044 switching off wind turbines £9,799,248 buying energy elsewhere That's 93,188 MWh of green electrons: enough to power 2 Londons for a day. Source and more info: wastedwind.energy

Yesterday, 24-02-25 Wasted wind cost Britain: £13,554,741 £3,886,559 switching off wind turbines £9,668,181 buying energy elsewhere That's 89,840 MWh of green electrons: enough to power 2 Londons for a day. Source and more info: wastedwind.energy

We need market reform to stop relentless price cap rises. It cost billpayers £100m to turn off wind farms in the last week. No wonder generators don't want locational pricing. This isn't Octopus vs incumbents, it's consumers vs producers. wastedwind.energy/2025-02-23

Zonal pricing would save Britons £3.7 billion each year on their bills. Other countries have already made the switch & are seeing major new investment and lower bills.

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Yesterday (27th March), wasted wind cost Britain: £7,504,366 £1,178,477 switching off wind turbines £6,325,889 buying energy elsewhere That's 55,802 MWh of green electrons: enough to power London for a day And £355,822,598 wasted so far in 2025. Source: Wasted Wind Tracker

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I hear incumbents are hitting the phones to accuse me of lying about zonal pricing. Their claim? That I say costs will fall everywhere- but the analysis shows prices would increase in the SE of England. Maybe they should read our blog on this- octopus.energy/blog/how-would… 1/n

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