Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 17859

Drax Power Station: Timber

Tabled: 4 December 2024
Answered: 9 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Rosie Duffield

IndependentCanterbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the KPMG interim investigation of December 2022 into Drax Power Station’s claims for government subsidy.

Answer

Michael Shanks
Ofgem as the independent energy regulator is responsible for assuring the Government that large scale biomass generators, such as Drax, are in full compliance with sustainability requirements. Ofgem recently undertook a full investigation into Drax’s comp...

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