Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 47814

Renewable Energy: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 2 May 2025

Question

Claire Coutinho

ConservativeEast Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of Balancing Services Use of System charges that were caused by the management of renewable energy generation assets in each year since

Answer

Michael Shanks
Balancing Services Use of System (BSUoS) charges are administered by the National Energy System Operator (NESO). The variable nature of renewable and low carbon intermittent sources of generation can require NESO to undertake additional grid balancing act...

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