Question follow-through · 34129
Electricity: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason the Government uses the marginal cost pricing system for electricity.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason the Government uses the marginal cost pricing system for electricity.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
The wholesale electricity market, like most commodity markets worldwide, is based on marginal pricing. This reflects the value of consuming or generating an additional unit of electricity at any given time and ensures that generators increase or decrease ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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