Margaret Thatcher’s first energy secretary has questioned whether the UK has the “slightest clue” about how the extra power required to electrify heat can be delivered as recently pushed for by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC). Conservative peer Lord Howell of Guildford made the statements during a House of Lords debate on the NIC’s National Infrastructure Assessment that concluded “no public policy case” exists for using hydrogen in heating.
Thatcher’s energy secretary queries electric heat drive
