Coal-fired power stations would be consigned to the fringes of the energy market under a plan being drawn up by the coalition to head off a potential defeat over its energy bill in the House of Lords.
Ministers fear a rebellion this month by Liberal Democrat peers demanding a 2030 decarbonisation target for the electricity sector – something the government has rejected.
http://www.thegwpf.org/uk-government-mulls-shutting-coal-power-plants-pass-green-energy-bill/
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