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Written question asked by Lord Donoughue (Labour) on Friday, 24 November 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 8 December 2017. It was answered by Lord Henley (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 November 2017 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Energy: Costs

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in commissioning future energy projects, what account they intend to take of the full system and intermittency cost of competing technologies, and whether they intend to implement an Equivalent Firm Power capacity auction.

Answer

Professor Helm conducted an independent review which, among other things, made recommendations regarding full system and intermittency costs, and a system of Equivalent Firm Power capacity auctions. The government will now take time to assess its findings carefully. We have launched a Call for Evidence to gather views from the energy industry, academics, businesses, consumer groups and other stakeholders.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3574
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Costs Energy
Link
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