Clean Power 2030: Insights for UK energy intensive businesses

Описание: Join journalist Declan Curry as he hosts an engaging discussion on the UK’s clean power ambitions and the low-carbon transition’s impact on businesses.

Declan is joined by Arjan Geveke, Director at the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG), representing some of the UK’s largest energy users, and Anthony Ainsworth, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at npower Business Solutions (nBS).

This conversation explores the challenges and opportunities for energy intensive industries (EIIs), drawing on insights from nBS' latest Business Energy Tracker and the government’s Industrial Strategy to support a cleaner, more competitive energy future.

00:00 - Welcome from Declan Curry
00:31- What does the government’s Clean Power 2030 target mean for businesses?
01:05 - Who are the UK’s energy intensive users – and what are their biggest concerns?
02:45 - Why are UK energy prices so much higher than for our global competitors?
03:43 - What concerns are nBS customers sharing?
04:51 - Understanding more about non-commodity costs added to invoices
05:27 - How are energy intensives impacted by net zero subsidies?
06:46 - Have non-commodity cost exemptions helped support competitiveness?
07:26 - How fair are energy intensive cost exemptions?
08:43 - Should policy and network subsidies be spread over a longer period?
09:27 - Non-commodity costs to make up 75% of total electricity invoice by 2030
10:14 - Could this rising financial burden undermine support for net zero?
10:52 - What impact is the transition to net zero having on energy intensives?
11:40 - Is the UK trying to do too much too quickly?
13:33 - United Nations warnings about climate and sustainability targets
14:19 - What impact are government support schemes having on businesses?
16:11 - Impact of funding subsidies by increasing cost to non-exempt consumers
17:00 - What more would large consumers like to see from the government?
18:00 - Should policy costs be removed from bills altogether?
18:46 - The regressive versus progressive tax dilemma of adding policy costs to energy invoices
19:45 - If you were energy secretary for a day, what one thing would you do?
20:33 - The importance of supporting businesses to take steps to reduce energy