So now we have more information about how NESO is trying to close its capacity gap for the evening This morning I said I expected NESO to use SO-SO interconnector trades and to breach the intraday trading limits again Boy was I right, those limits have been obliterated Recap, the limits are 300 MW on any one interconnector and 1500 MW in total in any settlement period The chart shows the trades below with 4:30pm highlighted. We can see IFA: 1336 MW IFA2: 517 MW Eleclink: 497 MW Britned: 600 MW Nemo: 300 MW Viking: 50 MW France is providing 2,350 MW, way higher than the limit that covers ALL countries The limits are being breached from 4:30pm to 9pm with 9pm to 11:30pm so far at the limit We're getting to the point it's worth asking what these trading limits are achieving because we're breaching them so often. If the EU intends them to be real what would we do on a day like today? (image from Amira Technologies dashboard) @Miatsf @mgshanks @AndrewBowie_MP @ClaireCoutinho @ColinMoynihanUK @harrietc @drlukeevans @ashley7fox @TiceRichard @cmackinlay @DavidGHFrost @mattwridley @Iromg @AllisonPearson @MerrynSW @EdConwaySky @afneil @mattotele @jonathan_leake @julietsamuel @energygovuk

Writing in the @Telegraph I explain what @UKLabour could do about high diesel prices If it really cared about the cost of living it would cut fuel duty. It's currently 52.95p /litre and set to rise by 5p by the New Year as a previous discount expires We pay VAT on top of the duty... Literally tax on top of tax. Fuel duty is generally the largest component of the pump price - with VAT tax is significantly higher than the wholesale cost (crude oil + refining) The Government should also abolish the UK ETS. This carbon tax does nothing to incentivise renewables which require huge subsidies to be built, and energy efficiency investments are already incentivised due to the high cost of energy The ETS cannot be passed through by refineries which compete with imported fuels. Those imports are 🔹 made with dirtier energy 🔹 incur additional emissions from shipping 🔹 often subsidised 🔹 subject to much weaker environmental controls 🔹 subject to less strict safety regulations 🔹 often made in countries where workers are exploited and /or slave labour is used Fuels refined in the UK are therefore vastly superior to imported fuels as well as being a benefit to the UK economy and UK energy security Abolishing the ETS would protect the remaining UK refineries of which there are now just FOUR! #EnergySecurity @AndyBurnham @Miatsf @mgshanks @AndrewBowie_MP @ClaireCoutinho @HarrietCross_MP @drlukeevans @Ashley7Fox @ColinMoynihanUK @cmackinlay @mattwridley @DavidGHFrost @Iromg @AllisonPearson @MerrynSW @EdConwaySky @afneil @mattotele @jonathan_leake @julietsamuel telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…

It's called Connect & Manage...this policy allows windfarms to be built with massive subsidies despite the fact that most of the electricity they generate cannot be used and it could be years before that changes Windfarms such as Seagreen which opened in October 2023... In 2024 2/3 of its electricity was thrown away. In 2025 that went up to 3/4 The cost of that goes straight on our bills. The windfarms don't care they get paid either way. The grid companies don't care, they also get paid either way. The Government doesn't care as it can point to windfarms being built While consumers get completely shafted