Gas Fired Power Stations
Commons · Question 126267 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Chris Bloore
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration his Department has given to the potential merits of moving gas-fired power stations onto a regulated asset base model.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 20 Apr 2026
This government has been clear that the answers to the challenges around energy security, affordability and sustainability point in the same direction, clean energy. By 2030 unabated gas will account for less than 5% of total generation. As the role of un...