Question follow-through · 111061
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how often gas-fired power stations were used to replace curtailed renewable generation in 2025.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how often gas-fired power stations were used to replace curtailed renewable generation in 2025.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department does not hold the requested information. It is owned by NESO and published on the Elexon data portal.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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