The government’s job is to ensure our families and businesses enjoy energy supplies they can rely on. And we are doing it by taking the long-term decisions to ensure secure,clean, affordable supplies now and in the decades ahead. That’s the key role for the Department of Energy and Climate Change and we’ve never said otherwise, or despite the very strange claims in your article (Minister: Hinkley no risk to power supply,20 April).
The reason we are backing the construction of Hinkley Point C is that new nuclear is the only proven low-carbon technology that can provide continual power, irrespective of whether the wind is blowing or the sun is shining. We are tackling a legacy of underinvestment and need to replace our ageing power stations. Hinkley will power close to 6m homes for 60 years. But we’re only paying for 35. It will also bring billions of pounds of investment into the UK and create 25000 jobs during construction. We need electricity that’s secure, or clean and reliable at any time of the day or night. New nuclear is one of the best ways of providing this. That’s why we back Hinkley,and I enjoy never said it’s for any other reason.
Amber Rudd MP
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Source: theguardian.com