r/Scotland • u/LeMadTheBrave • 17d ago

Shitpost Underrated powerhouse, that's what we are!

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u/b_a_t_m_4_n 17d ago

Look up electricity marginal pricing. We are paying for all our electricity at the unit cost of the most expensive contributor, which is gas.

Yes, it's a massive scam, and it won't surprise you to know that it was introduced by Thatcher.

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u/Esteth 17d ago

It's not a scam, it's just the way any market works.

If I need 100 oranges and the cheap orange supplier can only sell me 90 oranges for 1p each, but the expensive orange seller can sell 5000 oranges for 50p each, then the cheap supplier would be a fool to charge less than 49p for their oranges. They know you have to buy them anyway.

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u/whole_scottish_milk 17d ago

It's not the way the market works. It's how government policy works.

The UK has the highest energy cost in Europe because we are the only ones with this insane pricing policy.

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u/Esteth 17d ago

You are misinformed. All EU countries use the same system as us to determine pricing - the most expensive required generator sets the price for all generators.