| Heading: |
Drax Power Station: Subsidies |
| Question ID: |
1791813 |
| UIN: |
43727 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5078 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Pippa Heylings
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| Asking Member handle: |
pippaheylings
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@pippaheylings
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his proposed extension of subsidies for the Drax power station would raise the guaranteed strike price for the company from £100 MW/h to £113 MW/h. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-11 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
The new CfD arrangement caps the volume of supported generation to an annual load factor of 27% compared to Drax’s current 65%. This incentivises dispatchable biomass generation only when the system needs it, ensuring consumers can benefit from cheaper wi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |