Charging customers for energy based on location ‘could harm UK industry’

Trade groups warn against government's idea that those further from power projects should pay more

• The bruising debate over UK zonal energy pricing

A plan to redraw the energy market risks undermining Britain's industrial sector and its mission to attract billions in green energy investments, according to major business groups.

In a letter to Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, trade groups representing some of the biggest investors in green energy and manufacturing have spoken out against the government's proposal for a radical" overhaul of the market that could mean higher energy bills for those based farther away from energy projects.