Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 55013

Drax Power Station: Subsidies

Tabled: 30 May 2025

Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Claire Coutinho

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the price per megawatt hour of the subsidies received by the Drax Power Station by 13% on his plans to reduce household ene

Answer

Michael Shanks

The strike price for the proposed low carbon dispatchable CfD with Drax is £113 MWh (2012 prices) compared to £100 MWh (2012 prices) currently. This modest increase reflects that Drax’s fixed operating costs will be spread over far fewer units of generati...

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