HC Deb 24 June 1969 vol 785 c245W
67. Mr. Eadie

asked the Minister of Power how much additional coal, gas or oil will be used to make up the planned energy requirements as a consequence of the delay in nuclear power station construction.

Mr. Freeson

A broad estimate by the C.E.G.B., published in the N.B.P.I.'s Report Cmnd. 3575, was that the cost in 1968–69 of delays in the commissioning of power stations of all types was some £60 million. As mentioned in earlier replies, the C.E.G.B. inform me that changes in the pattern of fuel usage and the financial consequences of these delays cannot readily be broken down to individual stations or types of station.