Energy bills set to go up by £108 a year to pay for "more resilient" gas and electricity networks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : This will "significantly increase grid capacity through new power lines, substations and other technologies, to power millions of households with clean, secure, domestic energy and meet growing demand economic growth.
55% : "This money must be spent effectively, however, with robust safeguards and strong regulation to protect bill-payers, and ensure these upgrades deliver genuine value for money, offering fair but not excessive returns.
50% : The costs are the latest to be loaded onto long suffering energy consumers alongside burdens such as the the green gas levy and the warm home discount.

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