Responding to the King’s Speech, Dhara Vyas, Chief Executive of Energy UK, said:
“Energy security is national security, as the events of the last few weeks have underlined, so it’s very welcome to see this recognised so prominently as a key focus for the next Parliamentary term.
“Nuclear will play a crucial role in strengthening our energy security further so the Nuclear Regulation Bill will help unlock its full potential and remove some of the obstacles that can add unnecessary time and cost to new developments. Putting the recent bill reductions on a more enduring footing is good news as well and we hope to see more action to cut costs for customers with the Government also making full use of the promised broader powers to target bill support more effectively in future.
“The Energy Independence Bill should continue and accelerate the modernisation of our energy system with legislation that will be critical to the planning, coordination and delivery of generation, infrastructure and market reform while enabling customers to benefit fully from our ever-growing sources of clean power and the full potential of flexibility and new technologies.”
