Jamie Young is Senior Reporter at Business Matters, covering SME finance, employment law and Westminster policy since 2016. He has reported on every Budget and Autumn Statement since 2018, helped make sense of the 'covid era' and the bounce-back loan scheme from launch through the fraud investigations, and broke the magazine's coverage of the 2024 late-payment reforms. He joined Business Matters straight from completing his BA in Administration from Exeter University and is NCTJ-qualified. Reach him at jyoung@cbmeg.co.uk
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![Britain has spent just over £1.51bn so far this year switching off wind farms and paying gas plants to replace them, more than the £1.47bn spent in the whole of 2025, according to Octopus Energy's Wasted Wind tracker. September was the costliest month on record at £404.3m. The costs are levied on households and businesses through energy bills. Neso forecasts total constraint costs of £3.2bn over the 12 months to July 2027, and the National Audit Office has said the bill could reach £7.8bn by the end of the decade. Read the full story: [ARTICLE URL] How much do energy costs weigh on your business? #Energy #WindPower #EnergyBills](https://bmmagazine---co---uk.lsproxy.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/shutterstock_2531262019-420x236.jpg)
Wind farm constraint costs have reached £1.51bn so far this year, passing the 2025 total, after a record £404.3m bill in September, Octopus Energy says.
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