Does anyone wonder if this is simply another tax by stealth?. The various providers have done very well in the last few years using various ploys to up the cost to the consumer. Wars, Covid, Rumours and more. They get those costs imposed in short time. Once the issues of cost increases from their suppliers either reduce or in many cases never happen, they are quite tardy when it comes down to reducing their unnecessarily imposed increases. Now we are seeing another excuse for an increase. Surely it’s time to call them out and ask that they use their own funds to continue to maintain and develop and improve the grid. It should not be the case that it’s “rip off the consumer at every opportunity.