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Electricity: Prices

Asked by Chris BlooreLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129718

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impacts of different market models on decoupling wholesale electricity prices from gas price volatility.

Answered by Michael Shanks

It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

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