We've got to electrify everything. This can't be another Groundhog Day - it has to be the wake-up call. Our CEO Greg Jackson was on BBC Newsnight, repeating exactly what he said during the last gas crisis three-ish years ago. When Britain depends on gas it doesn't have, your... bill pays the difference. Different crisis, same dependency.show more

Electricity is less than 20% of UK energy consumption. We need to diversify gas supplies and maximise production Electrification would take decades. It's simply not the answer to this problem What we really need is to stop the stupid resistance to long term fixed price supply agreements. The strategy for bulk procurement has always been short term, variable price and then everyone cries when prices go up If you don't manage risk properly this is what happens

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Heat pumps! Would cut gas demand by 40% even if running on gas

@g__j @BBCNewsnight But we do have the gas and oil both offshore and in the ground. Unfortunately we had an idiotic net zero law introduced by May and made insanely damaging and economically ruinous by Miliband.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Shameless lying propaganda. More electric requires more gas as that is the swing source of electricity supply

Gas-produced electricity has filled the gaps in our grid's supply for a long time but the recent conflict in the Middle East and in Ukraine a few years ago show the risks with this, as both caused massive spikes in global gas prices. Moving away from our reliance on gas is key to a cheaper and more stable grid. 🐙

As long as gas remains the swing source of electricity, electrification of vehicles INCREASES the demand for gas in the UK. It does not reduce it.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight You'll be lucky if your still trading by next year

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Stop selling Gas then, You are nuts deep rich from selling fossil fuels !

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Cool you gonna pay the thousands it’ll take to replace my gas boiler and all the disruption to replace radiators with ones more suited to heat pumps, and solar panels with battery storage etc etc…. Your ideology is great but putting it into practice your deluded #agilecustomer

Unpicking the UK's reliance on gas takes time, but every home that makes the switch adds a bit more flexibility to the grid. It's all about making the most of green energy when it's plentiful and if we can break away from gas pushing electricity prices up we’d see lower bills for everyone. 🐙

@g__j @BBCNewsnight And give you a monopoly? Sod that. There are plenty of alternatives..bio gas and SAF for heating oil for example which means consumers aren't forced to buy heat pumps.. Solar and hydrogen storage means consumers can go off grid with better energy security and no cost inflation.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Electrify everything and your screwing your self. Your CEO is just another Climate Zelout barking on about the thing they have their fingers in other people's pockets. The reason gas/oil prices are volatile is cuz violent governments want to keep dominance at any cost.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight What is going to power your heat pumps? When the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow?

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Will we still have the option of the £150 reduced standing charges tariff from April?

Hey John, from the 1st of April, everyone’s rates will be lower as we automatically apply the savings from the govt policy cuts. We’ll also take part in Ofgem’s pilot for tariffs with lower standing charges. More here:

Unfortunately it's looking like the reduction in April will be short lived. Cornwall Insight currently forecast big increase from July. I will look out for the new Ofgem pilot tariff...😊

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Ruinables seller calls for more ruinables. Your barber tells you you need a haircut. Samesies.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight War profiteering.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight We must also decouple electricity prices from gas prices, please raise awareness of my petition so that I can get the government to take a look at this - or if @g__j could bring it up as a consultant that would be even better:

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Amen! We're 100% electric at home. With solar, battery, heat pump, EVs.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight I do agree, though to get there I now feel more strongly that we need to drill and utilise our North Sea gas resources to reduce dependence on other sources.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Then you realise they are still estimating our bills, making ridiculous profits from it while they pretend they're on our side 😡... wankers!!

@g__j @BBCNewsnight I generally agree with electrification. I saw it happen on ships to good effect but oil and gas will be needed for decades to make fertiliser and items that are a big part of our everyday lives like the device that I am posting this via. Electricity is the easy bit

@g__j @BBCNewsnight @g__j we need to fix the market design as well, phd ready to go:

@g__j @BBCNewsnight For households Tax gas 2p a unit Credit electricity 8p a unit 5.7p gas becomes 7.7p 24.7p elec becomes 16.7p Then mass deploy air to air heat pumps. Ideally small internal units that are cheap and easy to install or even DIY 2M units a year 10y gets 20M homes off gas

@g__j @BBCNewsnight So drill for our own gas to cut costly LNG imports.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight

@g__j @BBCNewsnight The only problem is that I’ve gone all electric by getting a heat pump from you so no gas Since doing so in June last year we’ve had 4 power cuts So no heating, hot water, no kettle, no cooking no internet Not so great when you’re all electric

Hey Glen, kudos to you for making the leap to 100% electric - it’s a massive step toward future-proofing your home, even if the local infrastructure is currently playing catch-up. Adding batteries could be an option as they'll store excess electricity ready to keep your power on during a power cut.

I’ve got solar and batteries but they don’t kick in when there’s a power cut More expense to do that

@g__j @BBCNewsnight hang Greg was telling us to exploit NSea gas the other day!! Thing is we are in transition and we cant go any faster. Gas was always going to be needed so this risk should have been managed thats what the SoS DESNZ does Energy Security.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Nice idea but we are paying 3x the price of gas and oil for heating with electric storage heaters. Over 200 pounds per month for 1 storage heater, water, and an hour to heat a bedroom. Kitchen is unuseable as its too cold!

Hi Paul, I'd like to get a closer look at this with you and see if any of our other tariff options might be more suited to your set-up - could you pop me a DM? 🐙👇

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Does he never dress smarty ?

@g__j @BBCNewsnight It's an insane idea to electrify everything. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight The UK could store 365 days of gas easily avoiding supply disruption How do we operate 8x current wind turbines? And tonight is neither a particularly high usage or low wind generation night

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Oh those poor data centers

@g__j @BBCNewsnight And once everything goes electric all supplier will hike the price up. Why is it ev drivers get to charge there cars up for 3.5pence from April but people with solar get charged 16.91pence to charge there rather small in comparison battery.

@g__j @BBCNewsnight Greg of course lives nowhere near a wind farm and as such doesn't have to suffer sleep deprivation and home abandonment due to LFN and EAM noise pollution or see his property devalued due to landscape blight but he's happy for you to suffer

@g__j @BBCNewsnight And yet so many new build houses,have a gas boiler and Pitiful token solar panels on roofs that could fit 4x the panels fitted by developers!!, not even feasible options from major housebuilders for their customers to pay for bigger better solar, storage batteries etc,