{"id":172,"date":"2025-08-28T07:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soapboxorators.org\/news\/?p=172"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:31:42","slug":"ecological-bills-british-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soapboxorators.org\/news\/2025\/08\/28\/ecological-bills-british-style\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f Ecological Bills, British Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/soapboxorators.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eco_20250828.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soapboxorators.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eco_20250828.jpg 550w, https:\/\/soapboxorators.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eco_20250828-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the UK, the green paradox comes at a high price: from October, household energy bills will rise by <strong>2%<\/strong>, pushing the typical annual cost to <strong>\u00a31,755<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulator <strong>Ofgem<\/strong> admits that much of the increase comes from \u201celectricity balancing costs\u201d: paying wind farms to <strong>switch off<\/strong>, because their power cannot travel to where it is needed, and firing up gas plants closer to consumers. 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