§ Mr. Douglas-Mannasked the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the total cost to date of the advanced gas reactor power programme; over what period the money has been spent and what is the estimated production of electricity likely to result in each of the next 15 years.
§ Mr. EadieI understand from the Central Electricity Generating Board that capital expenditure to 31st March 1975, on its AGR stations was about£630 million, and that the programme began in the financial year ended 31st March 1965. As the first of these stations is not expected to be commissioned until next year, it is difficult to make precise year-by-year forecasts of electricity production. However, by the time they are fully commissioned the CEGB expect the AGRs to produce about 26 TWh per annum. For comparison, the CEGB produced 213 TWh in 1974–75. The present forecast commissioning dates are as follows
Hinkley Point "B" (1976), Dungeness "B" (1977).Heysham (1978), Hartlepool (1978).My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland would no doubt be glad to give information in respect of the AGR station at Hunterston.