Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:05 pm
moth wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:00 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:58 am
Yeah that's why I said "there will be problems to solve" loads of times.
Some people see problems as a reason not to do stuff, others don't.
Just about any problem is solvable if you throw enough money at it, and ignore some rules and regulations. Question is, whose money?
Some people are dealing with the problems, because the reason has been dropped on them. From a great height.
The consumers of course. Who pays for all those oil rigs, gas pipelines, sewage works and 5G masts?
I don't deny that some people have had the problem "dropped on them"...but meh, that has been happening since before people knew how to write problems down. We've all had our share of things dumped on us.
Since privatisation, not so much unless it's by government edict.
The cost of replacing underground mains cabling is eye-watering, and much of it is falling on the DNOs. One foreign owned (they all are) network operator is pulling out of the UK. The re-inforcement costs weren't a major factor, but they were certainly considered.
Don't be confusing DNOs with energy suppliers. DNO's get ~3.5% of the price of consumed electrify in their network area, and the DNOs don't have any say in that pricing. A great many new developments are serviced by IDNOs who have contracts with the major building companies and they aren't restricted to a defined area. The uplift costs that local DNOs are allowed to charge the IDNOs aren't huge.
The UK electricity supply industry is hearing for interesting times over the next decade. Thank fuck I'll be out of it
Proud Tory scum since 1974.