Question follow-through · 53779
Gas Fired Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of improving the efficiency of existing Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power stations on wholesale electricity prices.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 29 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of improving the efficiency of existing Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power stations on wholesale electricity prices.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 May 2025
Answer published
No direct assessment has been made of the impact of more efficient CCGTs on wholesale electricity prices, nor of the efficiency of CCGTs versus small modular reactors. An efficient electricity system needs a range of technologies to ensure that we reach o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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