Marginal cost of everything

Taken captive by the price cap

Why the latest price cap shows clear evidence of the UK becoming prisoners to higher energy prices

Aug 27 • 

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July 2025

Extra REMArks on zonal pricing. Where should the debate move to now?

There’s nothing tenuous about TNUoS. This is central to ensuring a better outcome for consumers and the economy at large

Jul 23 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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Was the zonal pricing decision U-turn number 3 for labour?

Why politics is causally linked to the decision and what are the second order ramifications?

Jul 10 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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June 2025

Can we build a new consensus on UK energy policy with better outcomes?

You cannot hope to change the debate without first looking within

Jun 20 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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May 2025

A black hole in the Carbon Budget

Why generous interest rate assumptions mean actual costs will overshoot forecasts, by a lot

May 27 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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A Tough Balancing Act (Part 2) – The Balancing Mechanism and the market for electricity

Why business-as-usual adds money to your bills and will continue to do so

May 15 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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April 2025

A tough balancing act (Part 1)- The Balancing Mechanism

How does it work? Why is it the centre of the wheel of energy policy? How does it relate to the blackouts in Spain and Portugal?

Apr 29 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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Worth the paper it's written on?

The Story of REGOs. Why it adds to energy prices and doesn't give you what you paid for

Apr 17 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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Raising Our Allowance – Understanding Britain’s Emissions Trading Scheme

The Marginal Cost of Everything is on it's Holibobs and today's piece is a guest post for the Institute of Economic Affairs

Apr 4 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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March 2025

Heat Pumps – Episode 2 - The Empire Strikes back

The government has a plan, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme

Mar 25 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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Flexi-time - Why Clean Power 2030 necessitates paying you to turn off your devices

A look at the Demand Flexibility Service and why you'll be hearing a lot more about it in the news

Mar 20 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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A lot of hot air? Part 4

How to increase gas storage and why that should be viewed positively, even by GB Energy

Mar 11 • 

Nicholas Leighton-Hall

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