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Solar Power: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the 2035 Future Energy Scenarios-derived capacity ranges for solar and batteries in his Department’s Clean Power Action Plan connections annex are intended to be used by Ofgem and net

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
4 Jun 2025
Answer
10 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the 2035 Future Energy Scenarios-derived capacity ranges for solar and batteries in his Department’s Clean Power Action Plan connections annex are intended to be used by Ofgem and net

  2. 4 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The 2035 capacity ranges present credible pathways to decarbonise our energy system and provide certainty to investors by ensuring a 10-year horizon for connection offers. NESO will use the ranges to underpin connection offers out to 2035. The 2035 figure...

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