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Drax Power Station: Subsidies

Commons · Question 22980 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to continue providing subsidy payments to the Drax power station.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 16 Jan 2025

A consultation was held under the previous administration on whether a transitional support mechanism should be introduced for large-scale biomass generators when their current support ends. Government is considering the responses to that consultation and...