PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Power Stations: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 September 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will introduce an emissions performance standard applied to all UK power stations.
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Answer
The coalition Government introduced an Emissions Performance Standard for all new fossil power stations as part of the Energy Act 2013 when the case for extending the scope of the EPS to include existing plant was considered by Parliament.
Answered by:
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
15 September 2015
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