{"id":128217,"title":"Suppliers Hit Out at Green Levies as UK Energy Bills Climb","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-10-16T11:31:50+00:00","modified":"2025-10-16T11:35:05+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/suppliers-hit-out-at-green-levies-as-uk-energy-bills-climb/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/suppliers-hit-out-at-green-levies-as-uk-energy-bills-climb.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/suppliers-hit-out-at-green-levies-as-uk-energy-bills-climb.json","category":"B2B","categories":["B2B","Blogs","Energy"],"tags":["British Gas","Centrica","E.ON","Ed Miliband","EDF","electricity bill","Energy Secretary","green levies","grid expansion","net-zero","Octopus Energy","Ovo","parliamentary committee"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/energy-16-oct.webp?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"#### **Energy Giants Warn Green Levies Could Add £300 to Bills by 2030**\n\n**Household energy bills** could rise by **hundreds of pounds this decade** due to soaring **green levies**, the UK’s largest gas and electricity suppliers have warned.\n\nSenior executives from **Octopus Energy**, **Centrica** (owner of **British Gas**), **E.On**, **EDF**, and **Ovo** urged the Government to **urgently review the levies** that fund **net-zero initiatives**, warning they are becoming one of the **main drivers of higher consumer costs**.\n\nSpeaking before MPs on a **Parliamentary committee** on Wednesday, **Rachel Fletcher**, director of regulation at **Octopus Energy**, said that based on current trends, **green levies, grid expansion, and system operation costs** could add **around £300** to a typical household’s **electricity bill by 2030**.\n\nShe said this meant that **even if wholesale electricity prices were halved**, bills would still **rise by about £150 overall** once policy and infrastructure costs were included.\n\nThe comments represent a setback for **Energy Secretary Ed Miliband**, who has pledged to **cut household bills by £300 by the end of the decade**, placing **green energy investment** at the centre of his strategy.\n\nJust hours before industry leaders gave evidence, **Mr Miliband** had blamed **high gas prices** for the UK’s elevated electricity costs. However, energy executives warned that **net-zero funding charges** are becoming so burdensome that they risk **offsetting any benefit from lower fuel prices**.\n\nIndustry leaders said without reform, consumers could face **persistently high bills**, even as wholesale markets stabilise, underscoring the **growing tension between energy affordability and the Government’s climate commitments**."}