Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 110868
Renewable Energy
Tabled: 4 February 2026
Answered: 13 February 2026
Question
Dave Doogan
Scottish National Party — Angus and Perthshire Glens
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of constraint payments and balancing actions in each year since 2020; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of
Answer
Michael ShanksThe breakdown of curtailment and balancing action costs borne by domestic consumers and other data relating to constraints is provided in the National Energy System Operator (NESO) Annual Balancing Report. The most recent of these reports was published in...
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