House of Commons · Written Ministerial Statement
Publication of Government Responses on the need to strengthen our electricity security and support decarbonisation
06 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Proposed by Michael Shanks Lab Rutherglen
Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.
At a glance
Key points
- Government responses to proposals for maintaining electricity security and enabling flexible capacity for decarbonisation are published
- The Government aims to accelerate progress towards net zero while ensuring power system security through reforms to the Capacity Market
- New Decarbonisation Readiness legislation will come into effect in February 2026
Issue summary
This statement addresses government responses to proposals for maintaining electricity security and enabling flexible capacity for decarbonisation.
Action requested
The Government is committed to accelerating progress towards net zero while ensuring power system security, including reforms to the Capacity Market (CM) to support low carbon technologies and manage an early exit pathway for unabated gas generators. New Decarbonisation Readiness legislation will come into effect in February 2026.
Key facts
- The Clean Power Action Plan projects needing 40-50GW of dispatchable and long-duration flexible capacity by 2030.
- Existing unabated gas capacity is set to be reduced to no more than 5% of generation in a typical weather year by 2030.
- Decarbonisation Readiness legislation will come into effect from February 2026.