Energy rich Scotland pays the highest electricity bills in the world.
"Scotland is literally powerless to do anything about the way that Westminster decides to plan and regulate the UK’s energy sector. The UK government does that in line with political choices that are very different from the ones Scots make time after time at the ballot box. It will be very difficult for Scotland to rebuild the kind of capacity it lost through privatistion in the Thatcher years – and it is not something that can realistically be tackled without independence.
Anger over the way Scotland’s energy potential is being squandered is fueling a drive towards independence. People can see how Norway benefited from oil and gas and where it is now, economically, compared to Scotland. Scotland was fooled once – it doesn’t want to be fooled twice.
Scotland should operate as its own node within the UK. The Scottish government should be able to control and regulate the energy market, including the national grid. It should be able to set the right market incentives for the kind of technologies Scotland needs and which will help the country to achieve ambitious net-zero targets.
The only way to achieve those powers is through independence. "