PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Renewable Energy (11 December 2017)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that electricity generated from renewable sources takes priority over energy generated from other sources.

Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)

Answer

The way in which the electricity market and renewable support schemes operate means that renewable electricity generators have effective priority to generate as they generally have very low operating costs.


Answered by:
Lord Harrington of Watford (Non-affiliated)
15 December 2017

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