Stalled Brexit talks driving higher UK energy bills, industry warns

UK and EU are yet to agree efficient trading system to replace single market

Jon Stone
Policy Correspondent
Thursday 22 September 2022 16:59 BST
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Stalled Brexit talks are pushing up UK energy bills by hundreds of millions of pounds a year, the power industry has claimed.

Some of Britain's electricity is supplied through undersea inter-connectors from France, Belgium and the Netherlands – with imports kicking in when demand is highest.

But the UK's exit from the EU's single market at the start of 2021 left it using a more inefficient system for buying electricity through the connectors, which has driven up prices.

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