The business secretary is considering whether to extend electricity generation at Hinkley Point B power station in Somerset to guard against potentially depleted gas supplies, a government minister has suggested.
Culture minister Chris Philp said Kwasi Kwarteng had taken some “precautionary measures” last week, amid reports that plans have been drawn up to ration electricity in the UK, if European supply issues continue to deteriorate in the winter.
Mr Philp told Times Radio Mr Kwarteng had asked the country’s three remaining coal-fired power station operators to keep their power stations available, beyond the point of which they were due to be shut down.
