Gas Fired Power Stations
Commons · Question 78666 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the expected end-of-life date is for each operational gas-fired power station in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 20 Oct 2025
The retirement of individual unabated gas plants is a commercial decision for private operators, based on technical, operational and economic factors. NESO’s Resource Adequacy in the 2030s report notes that many of today’s gas plants were commissioned bef...