Bringing down bills: what are the options to make electricity cheaper in a crisis?

A renewed energy crisis has put household energy bills back at the top of the political agenda – and raised urgent questions about what the UK government can do when prices spiral. While targeted financial support has a role to play, the choices made during a crisis can either entrench reliance on fossil fuels or accelerate the shift away from them.

Join Nesta’s sustainable future mission at the Labour Party Conference to explore the full range of levers available to make electricity cheaper in the short term and over the long term.

The panel will examine the trade-offs involved, what a crisis response that also supports the clean energy transition might look like and how decisions made now could shape the resilience of household energy bills for years to come. Our expert panel will be chaired by Ravi Gurumurthy, chief executive at Nesta and includes Madeleine Gabriel, director of Nesta’s a sustainable future mission, and Greg Jackson, chief executive of Octopus Energy. Our speakers will bring together perspectives from policy, industry and consumer advocacy to discuss the options on the table and what effective action could look like.