Electricity: Domestic Pricing Debate
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Electricity: Domestic Pricing
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Lord Whitehead (Lab)
The reference that the noble Baroness makes to Denmark is an interesting one, inasmuch as the Danish system is wholly integrated between renewables, heat and power of different kinds—particularly district heating and various such things, which can be used in conjunction with other forms of energy to provide a balanced overall system. It is true that Denmark continues to produce oil and gas but also that Denmark is, along with the UK, looking at methods of making sure that relates to production for the future rather than exploration.
Lord Grantchester (Lab)
My Lords, this is one aspect of the high cost of electricity in the UK. The wider question it raises is: what plans do the Government have to reduce the cost of electricity? On the electrification of the energy mix of the future, which is among the many answers that my noble friend the Minister may wish to give, do the Government need to consider bringing forward a strategic national plan with a focus on the lessons to be learned from this present crisis?