StoneHappyMonday
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- May 10, 2001
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crackhead - nah man, are you thinking of somethin else? miliband brought in the green taxes when he was energy secretary. also, that's precisely it - it's a flat tax, gets added onto energy price. if you spend £100 on electric, £10 of that goes towards 'green', no matter who you are. and no, i have no idea what they do with the money, don't think anyone else does either - that's the point
of the £112 of "green taxes and green regulations" attacked by Cameron, the majority are energy efficiency measures designed to aid vulnerable households, including the Energy Company Obligation (£50), the Warm Home Discount for pensioners (£11) and smart meters and better billing (£3). Thus, of the average energy bill of £1,276, just £50 (4% ) is accounted for by green taxes in the form of the Renewables Obligation (£30), the Carbon Price Floor (£3), the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (£8 ) and feed in tariffs (£7).
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PS Congrats BCF
