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date	11/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Nuclear Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the statement in the document Energy Security Bill factsheet: Great British Nuclear, updated on 9th May 2023, that nuclear power provides continuous power, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s definition of the word continuous.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>Nuclear power provides continuous power in that it is a non-weather-dependent energy source, it is a proven technology that is an important part of our energy mix. It provides stability to the grid – supplying a solid foundation for power generation on which renewable technologies can build. To give a specific example, we need sources like nuclear for days like December 11th 2022, when wind only provided 3.8 percent of UK electricity, and solar less than one percent whilst nuclear produced a steady 15 percent in line with current capacity.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 19/05/2023 13:24:41 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1627139

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date	11/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Hydrogen: Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 182830 and in the context of hydrogen being blended into the grid, whether his Department has made an assessment of the way energy billing mechanisms would be updated to (a) reflect varying calorific values of blended gas and (b) prevent additional costs from being passed onto consumers owing to the increased volume of gas being burned.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>UK gas bills are calculated in kWh and are determined by the volumes of gas served and the Flow Weighted Average Calorific Value (FWACV) of gas served. As such, although blending hydrogen into the grid would increase the volumes of gas burned, the resulting consumer bills should be unchanged due to the lower calorific value of blended gas. The Government is working closely with gas networks to assess potential interactions between hydrogen blends and gas billing. Value for money will be a key factor in determining whether and/or how to enable the wider roll-out of blending into the gas network.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/05/2023 15:45:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas