Difference between revisions of "Donald Miller"
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldselect/ldeucom/105/105we12.htm] | [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldselect/ldeucom/105/105we12.htm] | ||
| − | The following year in 2005, ''the Scotsman'' argued that: "electricity bills for average families will soar by | + | The following year in 2005, ''the Scotsman'' argued that: "electricity bills for average families will soar by a year because of plans to introduce hundreds of wind farms across the country, according to the former chief of ScottishPower." |
In a letter to the ''Herald'' newspaper in February 2006, he argued: | In a letter to the ''Herald'' newspaper in February 2006, he argued: | ||
| − | "No other significant power source can match nuclear costs. For wind, adding to the energy purchase price, the Renewables and Climate Change Levy subsidies, the costs of providing stand-by generation as well as the extra transmission ( | + | "No other significant power source can match nuclear costs. For wind, adding to the energy purchase price, the Renewables and Climate Change Levy subsidies, the costs of providing stand-by generation as well as the extra transmission (in Scotland alone), the Scottish consumer is paying four times the cost of power from British Energy's Scottish reactors and that includes provision for eventual decommissioning and waste disposal." [http://www.theherald.co.uk/55639.shtml] |
[[Category:Pro-nuclear individuals|Miller, Sir Donald]] | [[Category:Pro-nuclear individuals|Miller, Sir Donald]] | ||