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<p>The Government is committed to making sure consumers have secure, affordable and
increasingly clean energy. Maintaining a diverse energy market is essential as we
move to end our reliance on fossil fuels as part of our Net Zero ambition.</p><p>
</p><p>Great Britain’s (GB) gas market is one of the most liquid and developed markets
in the world and provides security through diversity of supply. GB’s gas sources include
indigenous production, six pipelines with Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands and
three Liquefied Natural Gas terminals. In addition, the United Kingdom has a number
of gas storage facilities, which act as a source of system flexibility when responding
to short-run changes in supply and demand.</p><p> </p><p>As an increasing proportion
of electricity is generated from inflexible and intermittent low-carbon sources, diversity
of electricity supply will continue to be critical to providing the necessary flexibility
and system reliability. Alongside domestic generation, interconnection with other
countries will support delivery of lower costs for consumers, continued security of
supply and better-integrated low carbon generation.</p>
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