'Encourage businesses to generate their own renewable energy onsite' - Your Letters: June 27

We welcome the Government’s commitment to cut energy bills for thousands of businesses across the country, and have long made clear that current prices are incompatible with the growth, prosperity, and investment that UK industry requires going forward.

But while exemptions from environmental levies offer some immediate relief, they don't tackle the root of the energy cost problem – continued reliance on an overworked and over-constrained grid system. The most effective long-term method to bring down costs, cut carbon emissions, and build energy resilience, is to encourage businesses to generate their own renewable energy onsite.

This ‘behind-the-meter’ system reduces the need for expensive and delayed grid connections for projects and offers businesses long-term price stability and reduced exposure to market volatility.

A serious step to tackling the industrial energy crisis would be a package of measures to support this form of energy generation, potentially mirroring the strategy Ofwat has used to incentivise and encourage water companies to generate on-site energy for their needs. This is the way to a clean and resilient industrial energy system, and a high-growth and high-investment economy.”

Phil Thompson, CEO of Balance Power

MY BROWN TEA IS NOW BREWING UP

Severn Trent Water have informed me that due to work in my area, my expensive water may be discoloured. They advise running a tap for 20 minutes, heedless of the fact that this amount of water equates with over six showers, which, for me, as a hygiene conscious 90 year old, is six months water. In the pursuit of economy I will use their brown water to make tea and risk the consequences.

Ken Mullinder, West Midlands

BEST TO SHOOT AGGRESSIVE BIRD

The Star report that a buzzard attacks a man is disturbing, because this pest could blind somebody, especially a child.

The best thing would be to shoot the creature before a tragedy occurs. I would.

Buzzards are not rare, so removing this nasty creature would end the problem.

Much as I am a bird and wildlife lover, people cannot be put at risk by a rogue buzzard. It is not a god to be worshipped, but a serious pest as long as it is free to attack pedestrians!

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