The impending winter fuel crisis must be solved by helping households save energy, not by fracking and sourcing new gas fields, experts have urged the new prime minister.
UK gas reserves are “too small” to curb consumer bills and Liz Truss is being encouraged to drive forward efforts to improve insulation for households and provide advice to the public on low or no-cost ways to save energy.
A letter to the new prime minister asks her to back cheap onshore wind and solar farms, which she criticised in her leadership campaign, as well as electric heat pumps, to reduce the UK’s reliance on natural gas.
Its authors, Climate Change Committee (CCC) chairman Lord Deben and Sir John Armitt, chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), say addressing the UK’s dependency on fossil fuels is the best way out of the energy and climate crises.
“By doubling down on efforts to end our dependence on gas, we can lower consumer energy costs and make meaningful contributions…
