{
  "id": 6718584,
  "title": "Speed up electricity grid upgrade or else face higher bills, warns UK watchdog",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/speed-up-electricity-grid-upgrade-or-else-face-higher-bills-warns-uk",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-11T05:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/11/speed-up-electricity-grid-upgrade-or-else-face-higher-bills-warns-uk-watchdog"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "National Audit Office says failure to implement £70bn modernisation would also hold back economic growth The ‘great grid upgrade’ is off track – ministers should spell out the risks for bills Consumers will pay higher energy bills unless the UK government speeds up work on a vast programme of upgrades to the electricity grid to enable the switch to renewables, the public spending watchdog has…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}