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One of those areas where policy action is desperately needed but no attention is paid due to media dysfunction. I think the UK would benefit from region-specifi

by pjc50 1y ago

One of those areas where policy action is desperately needed but no attention is paid due to media dysfunction. I think the UK would benefit from region-specific pricing, to move the datacenters closer to generation rather than urban environments. It would also encourage more embedded generation in expensive areas.

ta1243 1y ago
Politics however them collides, with "postcode lottery" headlines Democracy really limits governments
- ta1243 1y ago
  And despite HN people not liking this reality, here's some examples https://www.gbnews.com/money/energy-bills-rise-postcode-lottery-how-much https://www.gbnews.com/money/energy-bills-rise-postcode-lott... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/energy-prices-uk-zonal-postcode-lottery-b2739417.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/energy-prices...
- pjc50 1y ago
  Yeah. It would be more accurate to say that newspapers hate local government as a concept, but a lot of the public are happy to go along with that and get peeved about any difference which is pointed out to them. (nobody ever describes house prices as a "postcode lottery"!)
  - ta1243 1y ago
    Talk radio and TV are just as bad, as are the opposition. If Tories proposed it, Labour would be up in arms about postcode lottery. If Labour proposed it, exactly the same from the other side. Doesn't matter how sensible it is, the other side will use it to score points. I can't believe for a second that Liberal Democrats think that James Dyson or Andrew Lloyd Webber should be able to avoid inheritance tax by buying tens of millions of pounds of farmland, but it's politically beneficial for them to do so.
7952 1y ago
The cost for generators to connect is already based on region (TNUoS pricing).