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Drax Power Station: Subsidies

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 16 January 2025UIN 22980

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to continue providing subsidy payments to the Drax power station.

Answered by Michael Shanks

A consultation was held under the previous administration on whether a transitional support mechanism should be introduced for large-scale biomass generators when their current support ends. Government is considering the responses to that consultation and no final decision has been taken as to whether alternate future support arrangements will be introduced.

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