"He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the discount scheme was a "positive first step", adding that last year the UK spent more than £1bn paying wind farms to turn off on windy days.
"We should just be giving that electricity more cheaply to the people and businesses who live in the areas where we're generating it," he said."
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