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Renewables are cheap. That is the official story, told by ministers, regulators and the industry. The subsidy bill tells a different one: more than £100 billion paid to renewable and low-carbon generators since 2002 — collected from you three ways: on your electricity bill, in your taxes, and in the prices charged by every business paying the same levies.

Nobody publishes that running total. The figures are public — LCCC, Elexon and Ofgem publish them all — but in separate places, in industry units, and no official body adds them up.

This site does. Official records, converted to pounds at the official prices, updated daily. Every figure traces to its source; the full method is on the methodology page. The ticking counter is a labelled estimate between data releases. The totals beneath it are not.

The British government audits its money: the Office for Budget Responsibility checks every Budget against reality. The government does not audit the levies on your electricity bill. Until it does, this is a citizen’s version of that bookkeeping.

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