E.ON UK responds to the Chancellor's contingency planning for the UK economy
Responding to the Chancellor's contingency planning for the impact of the situation in the Middle East on the UK economy, Chris Norbury, CEO of E.ON UK, said:
“Targeted support is the right place to land. It focuses help where it’s genuinely needed and avoids spreading costs in a way that ultimately pushes bills up elsewhere.
"But short-term support can’t be the whole answer. The long-term prize is reducing bills permanently. That means accelerating investment in flexibility - batteries, smart tariffs and steerable assets - alongside technologies that give people real control over how and when they use energy.
"Do that well and this stops being about reacting to shocks. It becomes about building a system where households are less exposed in the first place and where lower bills aren’t temporary, they’re structural and enduring.”
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