Stop hiding green fuel tax, firms told as pressure to come clean on global warming levies intensifies | Mail Online

Power companies were under mounting pressure last night to come clean about the green ‘stealth levies’ secretly added to fuel bills – and tell customers exactly how much they are paying for Britain’s climate change revolution.

Consumer groups and MPs say energy suppliers should be forced to lay out on household bills how much customers are paying to subsidise green power and to end the UK’s dependence on coal, oil and gas.

The call for greater transparency follows claims that global warming policies are adding up to £200 a year to the electricity and gas bills of millions of cash-strapped families.

U.K. Cuts Subsidized Power Rates to Stem Solar-Farm Boom - Bloomberg

The U.K. cut subsidized rates for electricity from solar panels by as much as 71 percent, trying to avoid a proliferation of commercial solar farms that would compete with homes for the funding.

The above-market price paid for power from photovoltaic panels was reduced to 8.5 pence (14 U.S. cents) from 29.3 pence for the largest projects, while the smallest rooftop systems for homes or small businesses were spared cuts, the Department for Energy and Climate Change said today in a statement.