Claim: Energy bills will rise by £500 million a year if the UK leaves the EU.
Fact-check: Energy bills and Brexit - Full Fact
Verdict: not correct. this is one estimate of the cost of leaving the eu's 'internal energy market'—but leaving the eu won't necessarily mean leaving the market. and the estimate doesn't make any attempt to count effects of brexit on bills.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Laura O'Brien
Date published: 2016-03-24T00:00:00