RE: Steep fall31 Aug 2022 15:00
Mineckeck - agreed its against the grain for Tories particularly Truss but its a million miles away from nationalisation.
The assets would be privately controlled you would just have a cap on all unhedged output at say £2 a therm to HMG for a temporary period.
If I wasn't a SH I think it's a pretty good move, operable from within what happens now with hedging and probably less of a discencentive than the WT to future investment decisions. By discentive I mean from a tax payer perspective 90% releif encourages marginal decision making which would not see the light of day in normal times.
If production costs are 15p a therm at £2 cap windfall tax is 25% of £1.85 = 45p a therm.
So a cap of £2 is worth £2.45 with no windfall tax.
Figures illustrative only but Tories could sell this a minimal "light" market intervention driven by necessity.
Interesting times !