Electricity: Industry
Commons · Question 4754 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Chris Bloore
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of network constraint payments on the unit cost of electricity for industrial consumers.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 8 Jun 2026
The Reformed National Pricing Delivery Plan sets out an ambitious package of measures to bear down on costs in the next few years, particularly in relation to the network constraints caused by historic under-investment in the electricity grid. Furthermore...