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November 27, 2012

Britain: Higher energy bills 'reasonable'
London (UPI) Nov 23, 2012
Increasing energy bills of British households and businesses is "reasonable" to pay for wind farms and nuclear power stations, a government official says. It is sensible to ask consumers to pay $12 billion a year toward the cost of building "greener" power stations because prices are "going to go up no matter what," Tim Yeo, the Conservative MP leading the Energy Committee, said. Bills would go up an estimated $285 a year by 2030 under the government's green fuel policies, with funding o ... read more

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