Public Accounts Committee criticizes UK Government for lack of overarching plan

The PAC calls on Government to pull together numerous decarbonisation plans into coherent strategy / Committee sceptical that expansion plans for nuclear, solar and wind are credible, and unconvinced private sector has enough clarity to provide investment

The UK Government has a challenging ambition to decarbonise the power sector by 2035 – but no overarching delivery plan exists to do so. A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report published today finds that while the Government has many separate ongoing power decarbonisation plans, its ambitions are jeopardised by the lack of an integrated and coherent delivery plan. This should be pulled together by autumn 2023 at the latest. The Government’s delivery plan must also set out when and how the costs of... ... More: Official Press Release UK Government Public Accounts Committee

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