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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

UK businesses given six-month emergency energy price cap

Electricity pylons run across Romney Marsh in Kent
The government has announced a ‘supported wholesale price’ – expected to be £211 a megawatt hour for electricity and £75 a MWh for gas. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Businesses have been given an emergency package of government support including a cap significantly reducing the price paid for energy from 1 October to help them get through the winter.

The UK government has stepped in to discount wholesale power prices for companies, charities and public sector organisations, including schools.

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