Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 78666

Gas Fired Power Stations

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Charlotte Nichols

LabourWarrington North

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the expected end-of-life date is for each operational gas-fired power station in the UK.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The retirement of individual unabated gas plants is a commercial decision for private operators, based on technical, operational and economic factors. NESO’s Resource Adequacy in the 2030s report notes that many of today’s gas plants were commissioned bef...

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