Question follow-through · 11839
Electricity Generation: Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of maintaining gas fired generation as backup capacity in a renewables led electricity system.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 22 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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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
22 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of maintaining gas fired generation as backup capacity in a renewables led electricity system.
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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30 Jun 2026
Answer published
Clean Power means that by 2030, Great Britain will generate enough clean power to meet our total annual electricity demand, backed up by unabated gas supply to be used only when essential. The Capacity Market remains the government’s primary mechanism for...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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