New Prime Minister faces flurry of proposals for tackling the energy crisis

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New Prime Minister faces flurry of proposals for tackling the energy crisis

Trade body Energy UK becomes latest influential group to endorse plans to shrink electricity bills by reducing the costs paid to legacy low carbon electricity generators

Momentum is building across the energy sector behind a proposal to shrink household and business electricity bills by curbing historic subsidies to low carbon power generators, with industry body EnergyUK...

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