Ministers prepare to announce plans to increase UK gas bills – ‘Tackling soaring electricity prices! | United Kingdom | News

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According to The Sun, ministers will announce plans to increase gas bills by £159 next week, despite rising energy costs. Boris Johnson is committed to Net Zero ahead of next month’s COP26 climate summit, and has also said he wants all of Britain’s electricity to come from green sources by 2035.

The International Energy Agency and the Committee on Climate Change have suggested that net zero electricity must be achieved by 2035 so that the government can meet the broader net zero target by 2050.

The government’s heating and boiler strategy will make electricity cheaper and gas more expensive over the next 15 years.

The strategy will ban the installation of new gas boilers after 2035, instead UK citizens will be given between £4,000 and £7,000 to install electric heat pumps.

Under the strategy, businesses and households will be encouraged to switch to cleaner energy supplies.

A source in Whitehall told The Sun: “As we move to a world where we use more electricity to heat our homes and charge our cars, we need to address artificially high electricity prices.

“Over the next decade, households will use more electricity – but pay less for it.

“And use less gas – but pay more for it.”

Boris Johnson spoke to The Times last week about the cost of electricity and green energy.

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The amount of electricity from abroad in the UK has increased rapidly over the past decade from just 1% in 2010 to nearly 12% this year.

A government spokesperson told The Telegraph: “The UK has one of the most reliable energy systems in the world thanks to a diverse mix of nuclear, gas and renewable technologies.

About 43 per cent of Britain’s electricity came from renewable energy last year. Gas, oil and coal contributed about 40 percent. The rest came from nuclear power.”

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