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By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS 

From inkl in October 2024:

Households in Scotland are paying higher energy bills than they ought to keep prices down south of the Border, according to experts at the Fuller Treacy Money investment strategy firm.

In a newsletter arguing against zonal pricing, the firm’s owner Eoin Treacy [above] says it is better for Scots to pay over the odds than those living in the English capital.

Zonal pricing, which has been considered by the UK Government in the past, would see places like Scotland – where lots of energy is produced but there is lower demand – pay cheaper bills, while London would pay more than they currently do.

You have to respect the transparent, if callous, honesty in this.

Further down but clearly not influencing Treacy’s thinking:

Kenny MacAskill said: “Privatisation and fragmentation have rendered the entire UK energy system dysfunctional. 

“But what’s clear is that Scotland is energy rich, yet half of Scots are in fuel poverty. It’s perverse that turbines turn on land and sea, yet folk cant heat their homes.

“First it was oil and gas and now its renewables. It’s about time that Scotland and Scots benefitted from their resource. If that means zonal pricing then so be it, it’s what we’re due.”

Source: https://www.inkl.com/news/scotland-subsides-london-energy-bills-according-to-financial-analyst

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