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Hinkley Point C Power Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on decarbonising the grid by 2030 on the cost of constructing Sizewell C.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 24 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 26 Jul 2024
Answer: 1 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

24 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on decarbonising the grid by 2030 on the cost of constructing Sizewell C.
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Aug 2024
Answer published
The capital costs for Sizewell C are commercially sensitive, and subject to ongoing development. We cannot comment further on the cost at this time, but we are committed to Sizewell C, which with other new nuclear projects will play an important role in t...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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