Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2021 to Question 29075 on Hinkley Point C Power Station, what the latest date estimate was from EDF for unit 1 to be commissioned beyond the revised target date of June 2026.
On 27 January 2021, the developer of Hinkley Point C (HPC) announced Reactor One has moved from December 2025 to June 2026. There is a risk that Reactor 1 will be delayed by a further 15 months and Reactor 2 by a further 9 months. This risk of delay has been consistent since it was first reported in July 2017. We understand that the developer is currently managing the schedule for the construction of Unit 2 to follow approximately one year behind that of Unit 1.