Natural Gas: Prices
Commons · Question 126796 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many hours over the past year has gas generation been online and setting the wholesale price, used not meet power demand but to meet system inertia requirements.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 21 Apr 2026
Generation activated to meet the system’s inertia requirements does not set the wholesale price. NESO meets system inertia requirements through procuring in the balancing and ancillary service markets, rather than the wholesale market. The wholesale marke...