Electricity Prices

HC Deb 15 November 1989 vol 160 cc303-4W

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what arrangements he has made to determine the price charged by the generating boards to the distribution boards from 1 January.

Mr. Wakeham

The price charged by the Central Electricity Generating Board to the area boards is set out in the bulk supply tariff. This was published in March this year and will continue until the end of March 1990.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his estimate of the additional cost to domestic electricity consumers of the use of electricity from nuclear power stations in 1979–80 and each subsequent year expressed as a percentage.

Mr. Wakeham

The separate cost of nuclear power generation has not in the past been identified in the price of electricity.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his latest estimate of the trend in electricity prices over the next five years.

Mr. Wakeham

It is not our practice to publish forecasts of future energy prices.