Locational pricing

Rival camps in the debate over proposals for zonal electricity pricing are once again at loggerheads over whether reforms would deliver promised cost savings

A new report suggests zonal pricing could slash energy costs by up to £5bn a year, but leading trade bodies maintain radical reforms to the electricity market could backfire

Report claims zonal pricing could slash £55bn off bills, in same week as new campaign launches to oppose proposals for locational pricing reforms

Coalition of trade bodies and unions warn proposals to switch UK electricity market to zonal pricing risk undermining investment

The government urgently needs to resolve the row over proposals for zonal pricing - Labour's clean power target and its promise of lower bills depends on it

Trade bodies urge government to rule out regional pricing proposals, arguing they could undermine clean energy investment, but supporters of reforms accuse industry groups of 'corporatist lobbying'

Setting electricity prices at local rather than national level could help cut energy bills across the UK, Greg Jackson tells BusinessGreen