Fuel bills will keep soaring warns energy watchdog: Green targets could trigger 1970s-style power blackouts

Daily Mail
"Fuel bills will soar as green targets leave Britain reliant on expensive imported gas, the energy regulator warned yesterday. Alistair Buchanan, chief executive of Ofgem, also raised the spectre of 1970s-style blackouts because 10 per cent of coal and oil-fired power production is being shut down next month. The chance of large power cuts – those that hit more than a million homes – will be 300 times more likely by 2015, he warned.He claimed ministers were banking on low-carbon energy from nuclear power and wind farms which do not yet provide enough power to keep the lights on."