Drax Power Station
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has requested that the Drax power station provides further documents relating to its conduct following of the 2022 BBC Panorama investigation.
Answered by Michael Shanks
Ofgem is responsible for investigating compliance. In 2024 Ofgem concluded an investigation into Drax’s reporting for the period April 2021 to March 2022. Its investigation included a review of over 3,000 documents. The investigation did not find evidence that Drax had failed to comply with sustainability requirements or had received subsidy payments incorrectly. However, Ofgem identified an absence of adequate data governance and controls and Drax agreed to make £25m voluntary redress payment.
In September 2025 Ofgem and Drax appointed Forvis Mazars to conduct an independent audit of Drax’s annual profiling data and associated reporting across its global supply chain.
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