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	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the planned capital investment requirements are for the new generating capacity required to replace closing electricity plants; and what estimate she has made of the cost per Mwh of electricity generated by such plants in comparison with current electricity market prices.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Large capital investment is planned for the GB electricity sector not only in the context of ageing plants, but upgrading network infrastructure, meeting decarbonisation objectives and maintaining security of supply. Between 2010 and 2013, we estimate over £45 billion private sector investment in electricity generation and networks. We have estimated further capital investment requirements to be up to £100bn between 2014 and 2020. We have not estimated the proportion of this investment that relates directly to replacing ageing plants.</p><p>For DECC’s most recent published estimates of the costs per MWh for a range of generation technologies, please refer to the levelised cost estimates published in the Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013) report which can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 14:30:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381220

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which power plants are expected to be decommissioned or closed in the next five years; what the expected year of closure for each such plant is; and what the individual generating capacity for each such plant expressed as a proportion of the total maximum UK demand for electricity is.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on the closure of individual power stations are a matter for their owners and are likely to take account of a wide range of factors, including the age of the plant and its condition; cost of maintenance; cost of necessary upgrades (for example to comply with environmental legislation), the plant’s profitability and competitive position in the market; and the extent to which the owner needs the capacity to meet contractual commitments.</p><p>The Department models the operation of the electricity market including the construction and decommissioning of plants as part of the analytical basis for supporting its policy decisions. This is published as the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) and Energy and Emissions Projections (EEP) available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections</a> respectively.</p><p>This modelling includes aggregated figures for total generation capacity by technology type for future years but does not provide information about specific plants.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 12:29:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381227

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department has taken to provide replacement electricity generating capacity following the closure of coal-fired power stations at Ferrybridge and Longannet; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Capacity Market is designed to ensure sufficient capacity is available to meet demand. The first auction held last year contracted a total of 47.3GW of capacity delivery year 2018/19 and a further auction for delivery year 2019/20 will be held later this year.</p><p>In the shorter term the Government has worked with National Grid and Ofgem to put in place an effective plan which allows National Grid to procure New Balancing Services. This worked well last winter. This plan has been robustly stress-tested to cope with the toughest system conditions, and is flexible enough to adapt to individual plant closures such as Ferrybridge and Longannet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 12:58:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies