Autumn Budget: Chancellor urged to tackle 'perfect storm' of high energy prices and grid connection delays

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Kirsty O’Connor / Treasury
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Credit: Kirsty O’Connor / Treasury

Coalition calls for clearer 'price signal' to unlock billions of pounds in private investment, secure hundreds of thousands of jobs, and 'fast track' industrial decarbonisation

A coalition of businesses and trade bodies led by the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) has urged the Chancellor to address the "perfect storm" of high electricity prices and grid connection delays...

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