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Re:Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1B... by ErroneousBosh on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @02:45PM (#47679628)
> and the Scotland-England grid upgrade will happen in the next few years.

I hope not. We're currently getting shafted by National Grid pricing, and this is only going to mean we get to pay even more for electricity where it's generated while the south coast of the UK gets it cheap.

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Re:Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1B... by benj111 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @04:10PM (#47680736)
We get that now. They were looking in to zonal pricing last year but backed out.
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