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'Day-one priority': Business groups claim electricity cost reforms could yield £130bn boost by 2050

Stuart Stone

14 July 2026 • 6 min read

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CBI and Energy UK warn electricity costs remain 45 per cent above G7 median, as they argue reform package could slash bills for industry

Removing the cost of the legacy Renewables Obligation (RO) and Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) subsidy schemes from non-domestic energy bills and dropping the Climate Change Levy (CCL) charge from commercial electricity...

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