Miliband urged to make gas boilers more expensive to boost heat pumps

Miliband urged to make gas boilers more expensive to boost heat pumps

Campaigners call for an end to ‘de facto subsidies’ for fossil fuel heating systems

Make Gas Boilers More Expensive to Boost Heat Pumps, Miliband Told by Energy Companies – The Daily Sceptic

Energy suppliers have told Ed Miliband to increase the cost of gas boilers to boost the uptake of heat pumps and EVs – because nothing says 'good product' like deliberately increasing the prices of competitors.

Labour Urged to Make Gas More Expensive to Boost Heat Pump Sales

Power companies are acting as campaigners by pushing ministers to use pricing to force households to adopt electric vehicles and heat pumps. They criticise “de facto subsidies” for fossil fuel heating systems, claiming that a typical household now pays four times as much annually in levies on electricity usage than on gas usage. Backed by campaigners, they demand Energy Secretary Ed Miliband “rebalances” levies, increasing the price of gas for c…

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