£286 green tax on energy bills: But ministers insist 'efficient appliances' will SAVE us money

Daily Mail
"The average power bill is now £1,267 – with £112 of that going on green taxes, including an £18 wind farm subsidy. ..... By 2020, green taxes will have risen by more than 150 per cent, ensuring each family contributes £286, according to the Department for Energy and Climate Change. ..... But John Constable, of the charity Renewable Energy Foundation, said: ‘DECC is clearly embarrassed by the terrifying costs of its ever-growing range of green policies, and is covering up with a whitewash of wildly optimistic assumptions about energy efficiency."