Nationalise gas power plants to boost energy security, thinktank urges UK ministers

<p>Common Wealth says private gas-fired stations can charge exorbitant fees when renewable energy is in short supply</p><p>Britain’s gas power stations should be nationalised to prevent their owners from holding the electricity market “to ransom”, a thinktank has urged.</p><p>The country’s dwindling fossil fuel power plants are ripe for nationalisation as ministers aim to reduce gas <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/01/the-man-in-charge-of-labours-green-energy-dream-its-at-the-limit-of-whats-achievable">consumption to just 5% of the electricity system by 2030</a>, according to a report by Common Wealth.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/29/nationalise-gas-power-plants-to-boost-energy-security-thinktank-urges-uk-ministers">Continue reading...</a>