Hinkley Point C Is Late. Britain Cannot Agree How Late, or Whether It Costs Us Anything.

The industry view is that the strike price is expensive, so delay is quietly good for bills. Meanwhile the south west pays £1m a day for the reactor that isn't there.

Sep 23, 2026

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In April 2007 the chief executive of EDF Energy told the Financial Times that "EDF will turn on its first nuclear plant in Britain before Christmas 2017 because it will be the right time". Vincent de Rivaz left the company on 31 October 2017, seven weeks before that Christmas, with no electricity and the first concrete poured only that year.

The press ha…

Hinkley Point C Is Late. Britain Cannot Agree How Late, or Whether It Costs Us Anything.

The industry view is that the strike price is expensive, so delay is quietly good for bills. Meanwhile the south west pays £1m a day for the reactor that isn't there.

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