@alan.g.brown
The cost of subsidizing the production of solar and wind power, and the costs of keeping gas-fired power plants on standby because you can't rely on wind and solar though you MUST buy wind and solar if they are available regardless of cost (as well as just over-building gas plants in the first place) are why electricity costs are high.  You have clearly not done any research.  Google for the government report on costs and in particular the Global Adjustment (70% of costs), how that is calculated, and the share of actual power generated by type of generation.  To summarize, nuclear is 42% of GA but generates 60% of all power.  Hydro is only 6% of the GA but generates 24% of all power.  Wind and solar are around 11% of the GA but generate only 7% of power.  The more W&S you add to power generation, the higher the GA, and the higher your electric bill will be.  It is all about wind and solar and the related subsidies and the related need for backup gas generators.