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Energy: Prices

Commons · Question 77826 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of decoupling electricity prices from wholesale gas prices on household energy bills.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 17 Oct 2025

As unabated gas generation is displaced and transitions to a reserve role, wholesale electricity prices will increasingly decouple from the price of gas. Accelerating the deployment of renewable generation, as we are through our Clean Power 2030 Mission, ...