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1145561

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wilton Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Wilton GT Natural Gas Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290404 290405 290406 290407 290408 290409 290410 290411 290412 290413 290414 290416 290417 290418 290419 290420 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1145548

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	West Burton Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of West Burton GT Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290405 290406 290407 290408 290409 290410 290411 290412 290413 290414 290415 290416 290417 290418 290419 290420 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1145563

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	West Burton Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) decommissioning date is of West Burton Coal Power Station; and what plans are in place to replace that capacity when the power station is decommissioned.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290404 290405 290406 290407 290408 290409 290410 290411 290412 290413 290414 290415 290416 290418 290419 290420 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1145555

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Sutton Bridge Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Sutton Bridge Natural Gas Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290404 290405 290406 290407 290408 290409 290411 290412 290413 290414 290415 290416 290417 290418 290419 290420 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1145560

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Spalding Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Spalding Natural Gas Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290404 290405 290406 290407 290408 290409 290410 290411 290412 290413 290415 290416 290417 290418 290419 290420 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1145556

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Shoreham Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Shoreham Natural Gas Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290404 290405 290406 290407 290408 290409 290410 290412 290413 290414 290415 290416 290417 290418 290419 290420 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1145558

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Saltend Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Saltend Natural Gas Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290404 290405 290406 290407 290408 290409 290410 290411 290413 290414 290415 290416 290417 290418 290419 290420 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1145566

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) decommissioning date is of Ratcliffe Coal Power Station; and what plans are in place to replace that capacity when the power station is decommissioned.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290404 290405 290406 290407 290408 290409 290410 290411 290412 290413 290414 290415 290416 290417 290418 290419 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1145553

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Loch Carnan Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Loch Carnan, South Uist Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290404 290405 290406 290407 290409 290410 290411 290412 290413 290414 290415 290416 290417 290418 290419 290420 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1145551

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Little Barford Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Little Barford GT Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Generation capacity information for NI can be located in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, the most recent of which can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eirgridgroup.com%2Fsite-files%2Flibrary%2FEirGrid%2FGeneration_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=MdDKvLyklDmG%2B%2FG3M4pnZCyq49Ufne%2FVpOdy%2B0%2Bjjts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market provides an effective mechanism for bringing forward capacity in GB as and when it is needed. The Capacity Market registers (available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrdeliverybody.com%2FCM%2FRegisters.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991962734&amp;sdata=Hpo4fN%2B81MocmnaBo%2BIvIeY816tzELYb8cb6Hrgxyps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Registers.aspx</a>) provide a record of which capacity providers in GB have legal agreements requiring them to make their capacity available over coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and a Capacity Market was introduced as part of the relaunched Single Electricity Market in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290403 290404 290405 290406 290408 290409 290410 290411 290412 290413 290414 290415 290416 290417 290418 290419 290420 290421 290422 question first answered 01/10/2019 15:27:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown