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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Sizewell C Development Expenditure (Devex) Scheme

  • The proposed scheme is valued in the hundreds of millions (with its specific value being omitted from the report under the Enterprise Act 2002).
  • The scheme intends to support Sizewell C (SZC) by funding its development expenditure until a Financial Investment Decision (FID) can be made.
  • Our key takeaways from the Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU) report are:
    • Details should be provided on the checks which will be completed in the event further funding is required and how such funding will be limited.
    • The SAU reflected that the Assessment would need updating for best estimates of timing/budget costs to reflect the impact on FID due to the general election.
    • Further consideration could have been made on the scheme’s potential distortion to competition, their mitigations, and the balancing test they did for these effects. Potential impacts from the equity injections should have been considered for all relevant alternative projects, not just nuclear projects

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