Poor households face having to help foot bill for building Sizewell C
by Alex Lawson Energy correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6118T)
Funding model also criticised for letting factories off the hook' with planning decision due this week
The UK government has been criticised for exposing low-income households to the cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear power plant while letting factories off the hook" as a crucial planning decision is due this week.
If given the green light, the government hopes to use a regulated asset base (RAB) funding model to finance the project, which is being proposed by the French energy firm EDF.
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