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Recommendation 4
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Publish comprehensive, long-term delivery plan for decarbonised power system by end of 2023.
Recommendation
We reiterate the calls of both the Climate Change Committee and National Audit Office for the Government to publish a comprehensive, long-term delivery plan for a decarbonised power system by 2035. The creation of a new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero should provide the impetus and Ministerial capacity to do this. This plan should recognise the time needed to decarbonise the different aspects of the electricity system as well as the sequencing involved. We recommend that this delivery plan sets out clear roadmaps and milestones as well as contingency plans for key risks and uncertainties. It should also focus on whole system costs. We ask the Government to publish this delivery plan no later than by the end of 2023.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses ongoing work related to Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction parameters, budgets, and engagement with industry, but does not commit to publishing a comprehensive long-term delivery plan for a decarbonised power system by the end of 2023.
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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4. The recent Energy Security Plan sets out many of the actions the Government is taking to deliver a secure, low carbon electricity system. 5. The Government recognises the benefit of a more overarching approach to reporting on progress towards decarbonisation of the power sector, and towards how the Government plans to deliver this important commitment. Therefore, the Government plans to report on its delivery, and overall plan to deliver the commitment, on an annual basis. 2 Decarbonisation of the power sector: Government Response 6. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is therefore strengthening its portfolio management approach, as a core element of its delivery of power sector decarbonisation. This includes bringing together relevant measures across the department’s delivery work to provide a ‘whole system’ view and help manage the significant uncertainty towards 2035. The department will use analytical and portfolio management techniques to consider potential options, measure uncertainty and manage the risks, issues, assumptions and interdependencies.
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