Scotland

The coalition of developers – which has been backed by industry trade body Scottish Renewables – has warned zonal pricing could lead to higher energy bills for both households and businesses.

But Octopus Energy’s director for regulation Rachel Fletcher told the Sunday National the arguments being made against zonal are “overblown”, adding the single wholesale price setup in the UK is “bonkers and broken”.

Betcha Labour overrule Ofgem here and don't implement zonal pricing. Higher energy prices in the SE of England are not something they will be want to do. The tories should have done it last term