21 Apr 2026
ScottishPower response to today's UK Government announcement on the Electricity Generator Levy
Commenting on the UK Government’s announcement on the Electricity Generator Levy, a ScottishPower spokesperson said:
“Doubling down on building renewables is the right plan of action – the less gas we use, the less exposed we are to volatile global prices. Projects like our East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm - the first turbine of which has been installed today - are actively shielding the UK from increasing prices.
“That’s why measures to get more energy infrastructure built quicker are welcomed, particularly to help prioritise repowering the UK’s oldest wind farms and avoid losing their vital capacity.”
Pic caption: The first turbine has been installed today at ScottishPower and Masdar’s £4 billion East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm, featuring 115‑metre blades — the largest ever manufactured and deployed in the UK. All 285 blades for the project’s 14 MW turbines are being made in the UK at Siemens Gamesa’s Hull factory. Once complete, the 1.4 GW windfarm will generate enough clean electricity to power more than 1.3 million homes.
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About ScottishPower
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a global leader in electrification. It has invested £30 billion in the UK over the last 15 years and will invest another £24bn - £18m every working day - in the UK between 2024 and 2028.
ScottishPower is the only vertically integrated energy company in the UK with businesses that operate from power to plug. Its ScottishPower Renewables business has over 40 operational offshore and onshore windfarm and solar sites generating enough green electricity to power around two million homes.
SP Energy Networks owns four regulated electricity network businesses in the UK and keeps electricity flowing to around 12 million people across a network spanning more than 170,000 kilometres.
And ScottishPower’s customer business supplies 4.2m customers with gas and electricity as well as offering clean technology like solar, ev charging and heat pumps for homes and businesses.
Together, they help ScottishPower deliver a better future, quicker.
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