Powering Britain: radical plan to shake up electricity market faces crunch time

Powering Britain: radical plan to shake up electricity market faces crunch time

After months of bitter debate, Ed Miliband is under pressure to decide on ‘zonal pricing’ policy

Zonal electricity pricing may not be possible until mid-2030s, says research

Ministers are expected to make a decision in the coming weeks on the policy which would divide the country into different energy price zones. Zonal electricity pricing would be unlikely to happen until after 2030, according to research, even if the Government decided to adopt the policy in the coming weeks. Energy consultancy Cornwall Insight said the measure, which would divide Great Britain into different energy price zones, could even take un…

Cornwall Insight: Zonal pricing unlikely to be implemented before 2030

UK research consultancy Cornwall Insight has cautioned that any move to introduce zonal pricing in Great Britain will unlikely occur until the early 2030s.

Implementation of Zonal Pricing Unlikely Before 2030

Cornwall Insight have cautioned that any move to introduce zonal electricity pricing across Great Britain is unlikely to be achievable before the end of the decade, even under the most ambitious timelines, and it could well be the mid-2030s before it is fully implemented. With the Government expected to make a major decision on wholesale electricity market reform in the coming weeks, Cornwall Insight’s new analysis report ‘Revolution Takes Time:…