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Eleventh Special Report - Decarbonisation of the power sector: Government response to the BEIS Committee’s Eleventh Report of Session 2022–23

Published 14 July 2023

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At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to Eleventh Report - Decarbonisation of the power sector.

This is the government's response, published 14 July 2023.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government welcomes the Committee's report and responds to each recommendation, planning annual reporting on power sector decarbonisation while setting out where it will not adopt specific proposals.

  • On the call for a long-term delivery plan, the government "plans to report on its delivery, and overall plan to deliver the commitment, on an annual basis", and is strengthening its portfolio management approach.
  • On a UK-wide onshore wind target, it states that setting one "would potentially undermine the flexibility needed" across the UK.
  • On biomass, it has "no plans to remove support prior to 2027" for stations already supported, saying they "have a statutory right to their existing support".
  • On Ofgem's duties, it is "content to amend" Ofgem's existing duty on greenhouse gases to refer specifically to the net zero targets in the Climate Change Act 2008.

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