Question follow-through · 30612
Electricity: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the pricing mechanism for electricity reflects the lower generation costs of renewables.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the pricing mechanism for electricity reflects the lower generation costs of renewables.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
Unabated gas generation is increasingly being displaced on the system by the rollout of renewables, setting the marginal price less frequently. The most effective mechanism for driving renewable generation is a Contract for Difference-type scheme that inc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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