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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 July 2025

Debate

Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025

Contribution

It was under the previous Conservative Government that these dispatchable power agreements were outlined as a business model to foster this competitive and scalable market for carbon capture and storage. I am, therefore, pleased that the regulations introduced today build directly upon that policy, allowing gas-powered plants that currently operate without carbon capture to exit existing capacity markets agreements. This is a necessary step, without which gas providers would delay their decarbonisation.

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