>> I don't think there's much gas storage now.
That is one of the problems.
Currently we have about 4% of our annual usage available for storing gas. Unfortunately today it is not full. A few years back the Underground storage facilities in North Yorkshire needed an upgrade as it was "getting older" - the gas providers did not want to spend money and the government did not either so it was closed.
The recommended storage is around 2+ months usage, even full we have 2 weeks.
We are dependent on imports from Russia for some 17% of gas and imports by tanker from Qatar & USA.
A US based son pays around 5 or 6p for 1 unit of electricity, he has very little gas usage and it's around 1/4 the UK price. That said, he is £4,000 + for his electricity per year (Aircon is not cheap to run)
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