Complaint
A viewer complained that a contributor who said 鈥it is a fact that solar and wind provide the cheapest electricity in the UK鈥 was incorrect.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 麻豆社鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy.
Outcome
The ECU noted that the most recent report from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero estimates that, on the basis of levelised cost, the cost per MWh of electricity from new electricity-generating projects (expressed in 2021 prices) is consistently lower for renewables than for fossil fuels.聽 Although levelised cost is not the only way of calculating the cost of energy generation, it is widely accepted as a measure across the industry, and the contributor鈥檚 statement was accurate according to that measure at the time of broadcast.
Not Upheld