Sam Peacock

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187 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 28 Jul

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Talking New Energy · 250. SSE on why we're measuring energy bills wrong · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

And then obviously what we're now going to see with connections reform and what we're going to start to see with other parts of the sector around the strategic energy planning.

I think those things will be a thing of a past.

You will always have some curtailment, but I think that curtailment will be a much more manageable and stable level 'cause we'll actually have the grid in place.

I think the network has been to unleash the potential of renewables, is the way that I view it, Sam.

I I think you nailed it because I I think there has been a real change in the story of renewables as people have seen the value of homegrown energy more broadly.

A basic point and hopefully a more interesting point.

The basic point I think is that we've seen in the last few years with the changes of gene politics.

We've seen with choke points such as the Straits of Hormuz or Russian oil and gas or going back further, OPEC.

The renewable system just doesn't have those same choke points.

Points that you will get from the old fossil fuel system.

That's the reality.

And countries where you're dependent on a line of gas or oil from a certain country, there's always going to be a potential for something to flare up, right?

Renewables don't have that.

We have plenty of wind in this country, we've got plenty of rain in this country, and seems we've got plenty of sun in this country based in the last few weeks.

So get that bit out of the way.

I think there's a really important price security that we're seeing that I think you'll obviously have a perspective on as well.

Well, is ultimately the homegrown renewables is beginning to start to shield customers.

So effectively, we think that prices, if you didn't have renewables in the system since the Iran conflict started, would have been 30% higher, right?

Because renewables are beginning to offer that insulation.

You can see this in the price cap in July, right?

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