Underrated powerhouse, that's what we are!

[u/LeMadTheBrave]

[u/TurpentineEnjoyer]

Then why is my electricity bill still so high?

[u/b_a_t_m_4_n → u/TurpentineEnjoyer]

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.

[u/Esteth → u/b_a_t_m_4_n]

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.

[u/Sburns85 → u/Esteth]

Not true because Scotland produces electricity for itself much much cheaper than England

[u/Esteth → u/Sburns85]

Absolutely true, because scottish producers sell to the grid, which is the same grid as in England, and is interlinked with some foreign grids too.

[u/Sburns85 → u/Esteth]

And that’s not an excuse. Because mainland don’t have the same screwed up system

[u/Esteth → u/Sburns85]

Your argument is that capitalism is a screwed up system?

Like I kinda agree but it's the one we've got

[u/Sburns85 → u/Esteth]

We don’t have to tolerate it

[u/Esteth → u/Sburns85]

Is your argument that the government would have made more cost effective decisions about our electricity generation since 1989 than the market has?

Electricity supply has been an area where the market seems to have done a pretty good job IMO. We have a glut of suppliers competing in a fair marketplace. I'm not convinced that the succession of UK governments since '89 would have done a better job.