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Electricity Generation Costs

Volume 83: debated on Monday 15 July 1985

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Mr. Proctor

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the latest comparative electricity generating cost figures for coal, oil and nuclear powered stations.

Mr. Goodlad

The Central Electricity Generating Board estimates that electricity generating costs are:

  • 2·65p per kWh for Magnox stations;
  • 2·63p per kWh for modern coal stations;
  • 3·25p per kWh for modern oil stations;
  • 2·64p per kWh for the first half of the coal-fired station at Drax;
  • 2·45p per kWh for the AGR station at Hinkley Point B.