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Electricity Generation

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 16 December 2024UIN 18691

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps with the National Energy System Operator to increase demand flexibility in the electricity system by four to five times the current level by 2030.

Answered by Michael Shanks

NESO’s Clean Power 2030 Report demonstrates that clean power is achievable under a number of pathways. We have now published the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan setting out capacity ranges for different technologies in the government’s indicative 2030 clean power pathway. The Action Plan also highlights a number of actions that government, Ofgem and NESO are taking to support greater energy system flexibility in line with the pathway, including from consumer-led flexibility.

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