Uniper : Clarification on Ratcliffe on Soar power station closure date

Following some incorrect media reports, this statement clarifies that there has been no change to the power station closure date. To summarise:

Ratcliffe on Soar power station has four 500MW units in total. Three of the units at Ratcliffe already have capacity market agreements in place and there has been no change to our commitment to operate these three units until the end of September 2024 when the power station will close in line with government policy. We announced that the remaining fourth unit would close earlier in September 2022.

Last year, the Government asked Uniper to explore the possibility of keeping the unit at Ratcliffe power station, due to close in September 2022, open for longer. We were pleased to announce that we're able to support the Government's request, and the unit has been made available to the system operator to dispatch if needed, until 31 March 2023.

As requested by the government, Uniper is now looking at whether we can continue to have that fourth unit available to run under standard market arrangements for another winter, and we have prequalified the unit to take part in the Capacity Market T-1 auction for 2023/24.

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