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Commons · Question 111068 · Tabled 4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 13 Feb 2026

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Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of curtailment costs borne by domestic consumers.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 13 Feb 2026

Data relating to curtailment caused by constraints including costs is provided in the National Energy System Operator (NESO) Annual Balancing Report at this link: neso.energy/document/362561/download. Constraint costs, as with other interventions taken by...