Energy secretary insists energy bills will be cut by £300 a year by 2030

[@fordeycent1]

Lol he was literally just called out on this 'bills will be down by £300 by 2030' but if they've gone up by £600 by that time it's not much help is it.

[@HarvH]

Hahahaha so true

[@Exo98761]

It's meant to be a saving of £300 pound per year vs a similar power infrastructure using gas. Don't expect lower energy bills in 2030 compared to now as there will be another 5 years of inflation to account for first.

[@HarvH]

@@Exo98761 I agree I have just said that

[@JuliusFawcett]

what he is doing is getting the best current technology in solar, wind and batteries to increase our independence from volatile oil and gas prices, and i'm all for it. green, clean energy, less pollution, easier to breathe

[@NoEDMOaners]

Believe Labour at your peril.

[@johnallan4826]

After 14 years of failure

[@NoEDMOaners]

@johnallan4826 Parroting the party propaganda isn't going to cut it I'm afraid Comrade.

[@JuliusFawcett]

i have many reservations about the Labour party, but this isn't one of them, installation of cutting edge wind, solar and batteries is absolutely fundamental in our transition to a cleaner, less polluting island. It pays for itself after 5 years, bills will come down then

[@NoEDMOaners]

@JuliusFawcett Delusional to say the least

[@1milliondogs]

This is just complete and utter lies.

[@JuliusFawcett]

It really isn't utter lies, this is a very sensible forward looking investment decision that will create jobs and cleaner, less polluting energy that is not subject to volatile oil and gas price changes, i love this

[@1milliondogs]

@JuliusFawcett Anyone that's for clean and green energy should put their support firmly behind Nuclear power. Offshore wind farms are a maintenance nightmare. On shore wind farms are a complete eyesore. Solar panels are an unrecyclable money pit. And all of these renewable options depend on specific weather conditions to produce power.

[@T5Zplayer]

Miliband is not the only clueless Stasi who thinks we are too thick to do the arithmetic. £300 will not offset the rises over the next 5 years.

[@JuliusFawcett]

Whatever the cost, it is actually still the right thing to do. We have already invested in Sizewell and Hinkley Point nuclear reactors and to have the right mix of clean energy supplies of wind, solar and batteries, this is the international standard we must meet to compete and insulates us from volatile oil and gas prices, it's actually the most exciting bit of politics I can remember

[@T5Zplayer]

@@JuliusFawcett Scary how you dismiss the misery this will cause for those of us on less than average income.

[@JuliusFawcett]

@T5Zplayer it's scary times for everyone on less than average income, and Eds investment now will lead to lower energy prices in 5 years time, which is promising. Personally I believe in free water, food and shelter for everyone as a human right, and clearly we are not there yet, but this is a step in the right direction so I applaud it.

[@Van-1954]

It was him who told us to buy Diesel cars

[@geoffburnett4445]

What price will energy bills be in 2030 before the £300 reduction ?

[@lemmyrichards9477]

Probably double of what they are the now.

[@builder101-x9j]

Renewables will require 4 Trillion in battery storage to be reliable.

[@Bungle-UK]

But how much will they have risen by? A £1200 rise followed by a £300 cut doesn’t help anyone

[@pemj7360]

The man is a perpetual liar.

[@johnallan4826]

Like a tory

[@Van-1954]

@@johnallan4826more like a MAD EDD

[@JuliusFawcett]

Ed Milliband is working very hard to help create a cleaner and less polluting energy supply mix, and I'm all for it

[@pemj7360]

@JuliusFawcett all he is doing is ripping people off. We pay the highest energy prices in Europe. 30% of the energy we pay is tax and vat. All milibelend is a self serving narcissistic sociopath

[@gftjghdt3582]

My bills have gone up twice within 3 months and was told they will go up again in April and the key words he uses is up to £300 which could be next to nothing of a saving if it works ed is one of the biggest liers within the labour party

[@JuliusFawcett]

The Ukraine war disrupted world supply lines and spiked energy prices, Ed is taking the bold, and correct move, to secure our future energy supply with low polluting, cleaner energy, this won't be cheap now, just as putting panels on your roof would be expensive, but in 5 years we will harvest very good, diverse supply of competitively priced energy, it is the right strategy and I commend it

[@neilw.3012]

“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[@eduard7624]

Labour's achievements so far: 1. Blaming tories 2. Blaming tories 3. Blaming tories

[@Clown_fighter]

Still better than the Torries best of two evils

[@johnallan4826]

Lol

[@JuliusFawcett]

But this is an example of really good government, investing in large solar, wind and battery tech is future proofing our energy supply against oil and gas price volatility which is disgustingly dirty and bad for the planet and supports a crazy dictator putin who wants to use the oil money to build nukes aimed at us

[@sonofsomerset1695]

He's living in cloud cuckoo land, his subsidies of inefficient, unreliable wind energy will send our bills even higher and cause regular power cuts, most experts have stated it's madness!

[@yunowot]

That's crap because energy bills have gone up by > £2000.

[@DippyB189]

Your politician sponsored by Siemens

[@jim-es8qk]

...yes, providing strong winds blow constantly all year round. Which is not going to happen.

[@seewhatifound]

Check the energy dashboard this week for solar and wind, virtually nothing. It is just a waste of money - Millibad is only in it for his own glory.

[@martinbrookes-b3g]

Always has been a fantasist and nothing changes . Try and think of one thing he has made a success of over the years .

[@ColdLance]

2030 being the carrot for the next general election in 2029 - So transparent, Labour out.

[@nevergetagooduserid]

Why are we still paying coal prices for wind powered electricity?

[@wiseget-f7e]

He doesn’t have any energy bills. The taxpayers pay for both of his homes!

[@andycoulter8619]

22bn black hole? How much has went to wars in last 25 years?

[@yunowot]

P.s. British military intervention? What with, a pop gun?

[@Eli-pj8xm]

It's more of a participation thing.

[@Van-1954]

This man MAD EDD Is mentally unstable and should be locked away for everyone’s safety

[@GoogleAccount0]

This is by how much the TFL will raise the ticket prices in Underground by then.

[@DippyB189]

Net zero….wealth

[@meglobob9217]

We just had 2 price rises in less then 6 months...if Ed Millband is in charge of energy we are all DOOMED. The guy has failed at every job he has ever done his entire life! He is basically Labour's version of Liz Truss.

[@fintamaria2429]

Freeze prices, don't freeze workers' lives😢

[@karlhal8165]

These cost a fortune to build and the carbon footprint is huge on these ,and they will never pay for them self s and can’t be recycled neither . We would be better to go to nuclear power . This bloke just speaks rubbish,and hasn’t got a clue .

[@josephsweeney-ll1ni]

how much will they go up in the mean time

[@terry3494]

Just get this man off our screens he is as thick as a solar panal

[@HULLDUDE666]

Down to 5% by 2030, what a clown. 🤡

[@jamesparker1071]

First, to reduce energy costs, we will stop all oil and gas and electric plants and nuclear facilities........🤷

[@andrewthorpe9807]

One word to Mr Milliband, Anglesey

[@johnallan4826]

One word to Tories. Bojo

[@NckBrktt]

For those with a short memory. When the energy prices spiked in 2022/23 it wasn't due to the price of wind going up. If I remember, energy supply companies went bust, factories closed, agricultural fertilizer prices hit record levels and the government had to step in to subsidise domestic energy bills which cost 10's of billions of pounds for which we are all still paying. Being so dependent on a strategic resource which is outside our control is a bad idea. People of all political persuasions might agree on this. Anyone still watching black and white tv and using corded landlines should find out about the latest technology and that smart tariffs can already reduce your electricity bill by factor of 2. This is only due to cheap off peak electricity, generated by renewables and enabled by smart metering.

[@Marcthered]

What a abdolute hypocrite..

[@edcoad4930]

£300 a year. Assume 20 million households that is £6 billion. If that costs £30 billion a year for N years, that payoff is, at best, 5N years.

[@sun-sea-solar]

Start with standing charge

[@IAt0m1xI]

300 quid by 2030? They said 300 quid once they got into power and they still have not delivered

[@HzHz]

Lunatic.

[@thomasrees4573]

lol how can anyone take these clowns seriously, he literally looks and sounds like a muppet 🤣🤣🤣

[@donalobrien7582]

EASY To say, when the Odds are that New Labour will be discussing political matters down the Pub instead of inside Westminster Politicians should not be allowed to make Statements like this when the People of the UK have just seen them Renege on the Fuel Support to the Aged/Elderly. Bluffers Galore.

[@andycoulter8619]

Wallace and gromit character

[@seewhatifound]

We will have paid 10 fold financially and environmentally if this plan is brought to fruition. We need a mix of energy for energy security. There will be no saving to the public, any change in bills will be offset by increased taxation to pay for it, time and again as hardware needs replacing ( I shudder to think of th eamount we have silently paid already ) . The energy dashboard this week should warn people that Milliband's plan will not work as hardly any solar or wind energy has been produced for nearly a week. If the public don't wake up and get taken in by his plan then we are doomed as a nation and there will be no economy left to speak of

[@Tan92lfc]

Energy crisis was akin to Covid crisis, tells the importance of Long term Investment

[@HarvH]

Who on earth believes that bosses in renewable energy are going to make it cheap, they will want to make money this is all complete rubbish

[@M3PH11]

milliband get off your arse and do something for the short term. the energy companies are taking us all for a ride and they are getting away with it.

[@dazrann2169]

2030 when they won't be in power.

[@zattanna74]

Does he not mean it going to rise by £3000 a year 😂😂😂

[@markcarr992]

Cult leader right there

[@alanrogers9597]

His brother David will sort it all out for him,,, and fill his pockets in the process

[@grey3987]

so cold , so i am camping inside my home , using hair-dryer as heater ❄🥶

[@meglobob9217]

I have gone back to the dark ages, using candles, they are cheaper for heating. Look at what your making people do in 21st century UK, government.

[@amfearliathmor9747]

Renewables are currently, as I type this, providing 5% of the 39GW demand load for the national grid with CGT (North Sea Gas) providing 66% of the Electric Grid Demand. And the Russians haven't even taken out the less than half a dozen Gas blowers or the less than half a dozen European Grid Interconnects. A single IRBM as recently demonstrated in the Ukraine.

[@amfearliathmor9747]

I'm already half way through my pine cone fuel for my Petromax storm kettle and there isn't any real competition to collect the pine cones from others so I can keep warm with hot soups and drinks this winter.

[@jedjones9047]

In the sixty odd years I've been around the weather's been pretty much the same always changing but pretty much the same' and when I visit the seaside the sea's hasn't risen at all it's just the same as ever' to be perfectly honest I wouldn't have known we're in a climate emergency if ed hadn't told me.

[@jamesgilheany9624]

Imaginary £22bn black hole, £22bn to build a hole to conceal an imaginary threat from CO2.

[@lemmyrichards9477]

How much oil does a wind turbine need each year?

[@Bert-lw1ot]

They’ll go up by £1000 first though…

[@jimfreeman2040]

Looking busy at this factory . Milibann has got a clue . No it doesn’t say that he’s a lier

[@6Tabazan6]

Oh that's a great f'in job Ed. Why is he such a tit. Here that folks only 5 or so years to wait.

[@jimfreeman2040]

This is all bad for environment

[@HarvH]

He needs to get back to the wallace and gromit film set, and like many have said if energy bills do go down thenthey will have rsised our taxes and expense ten times that lol

[@neilfinnigan9825]

Savings ? Has to go up first ?Growth? How can climate being an issue if your only growing the population by imports ? How did they get here whats there carbon footprint? How much extra fuels will we need? 5 out 7 new builds needed for new people we are building unnecessarily whats that carbon ? Hows the extra pylons made ? Fosil fuel smelted iron no doubt shipped from china on diesel tanker ...its not a bacon sandwich lol😂

[@terry3494]

Complete pratt

[@julian987r4]

Bacon boy

[@5genalkhaholic584]

I s call BS

[@scotty9964]

Solar panels do not work without sun, as soon as the sun goes in the solar panels produce 0 KWH, maybe in a sunny climate but not the UK.

[@James-tv4pl]

Solar panels actually work remarkably well even behind clouds, the technology has improved massively and they're really quite cheap nowadays

[@scotty9964]

I have 9 solar panels they only work when the suns out , very limited on a cloudy day they produce enough electric not even for a kettle on a cloudy day.

[@James-tv4pl]

@@scotty9964 ok to be fair I looked it up and they are much less effective through cloud than I thought they were, 10-25% of the output on a clear day. My bad

[@Zema]

DeepDive Podcast Episode 5: Decarbonizing Building Thermal Systems - A Path to Net-Zero kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqiahaNjhNh3mKc

[@speedboostr]

Sky muppet

[@2nhalfpints]

Complete lies he is poison and needs to go

[@NoIWontLetYouKnowInTheComments]

Imagine how much electricity people waste on youtube, who show three adverts x 1 billion vews per day, do a video on that sly pretend news.