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UK Gas Plant Faces Criticism Amid Energy Price Crisis

9/28/2025

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Rye House power station near London has operated since 1993, Britain's longest-serving gas plant.
It has faced criticism for record-high prices during shortages, reaching £6,000 per megawatt-hour.
The UK government's capacity market aims to keep gas plants running as country shifts to renewables.
Proposals to reform the electricity market would remove gas plants from open market to stabilise prices.

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Rye House power station near London has operated since 1993, Britain's longest-serving gas plant.
It has faced criticism for record-high prices during shortages, reaching £6,000 per megawatt-hour.
The UK government's capacity market aims to keep gas plants running as country shifts to renewables.
Proposals to reform the electricity market would remove gas plants from open market to stabilise prices.