'Power Shift': Greenpeace urges government to move gas power plants out of the wholesale power market

Stuart Stone
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New report calculates that moving gas-fired power stations into a strategic reserve underpinned by a regulated asset base model could maintain energy security and save billpayers £5bn a year

The government could save households and businesses in the region of £5bn a year on their energy bills in 2028 by overhauling the electricity market to stop "unfair profiteering" by gas power stations....

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