Can Miliband Clean Up UK Energy AND Lower Bills, Or Is Net Zero Over? | Fully Charged Show Podcast
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🗓️ 30 June 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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In this episode of the Fully Charged Show Podcast, Imogen Bhogal sits down with Ed Miliband, the UK's Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. Miliband is on a mission to transform Britain into a clean energy superpower by 2030, aiming to cut bills, create jobs, and enhance energy security through zero-carbon electricity - despite being dubbed a "net zero zealot" by some newspapers....
They delve into the ambitious target of 95% clean energy by 2030 and explore the huge challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Ed discusses the government's current actions, the politicisation of climate action, and how they plan to bridge the gap between long-term goals and immediate benefits for households. When will those bills really start to come down?! @EverythingElectricShow @fullychargedshow
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the Fully Charge Show podcast, where today we're in the rather fabulous Cue Gardens, where we're joined by Ed Miliband, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, the man who is trying to make Britain a clean energy superpower to cut bills, create jobs and deliver security via |
| 0:22.0 | cheaper zero carbon electricity by 2030. Or, and depending on which newspaper you read, he's |
| 0:28.1 | the guy who's the net zero zealot with a masianic devotion to climate action. Now in this conversation |
| 0:34.3 | we're asking can we really hit clean power by 2030? |
| 0:38.2 | Why are electricity bills still so high even after the promises to cut them? |
| 0:42.3 | I'll be on the cusp of deployment of various heat pumps and solar panels. |
| 0:46.0 | Why are we still talking about carbon capture and storage? |
| 0:48.9 | And how do we keep the public on side and prevent this becoming such a deeply politicized |
| 0:53.4 | topic? We're going to get into all of that, |
| 0:56.1 | but I should caveat two things. First of all, this is a reasonably short conversation. We only had |
| 1:00.6 | 30 minutes of the minister's time. So there are so many questions that remain unanswered. We'll have |
| 1:05.1 | follow up with round two. And two, we are in a greenhouse, which means that the lighting conditions |
| 1:10.4 | are challenging and definitely upsetting our videographer. There are, a greenhouse, which means that the lighting conditions are challenging |
| 1:11.1 | and definitely upsetting our videographer. |
| 1:13.6 | There are of course some planes going overhead. |
| 1:16.5 | And I have to say for myself, I'm rather sweaty. |
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| 1:33.8 | You've got a very clear mandate. Make Britain a clean energy superpower to cut bills, create jobs |
| 1:39.1 | and deliver security with cheaper zero carbon electricity by 2030. How do you think you're doing? Well, I hope I'm doing |
| 1:48.7 | okay. I don't want to be modest. We thought a lot about our plan in opposition because I had |
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