He was on a visit to the county
Ed Miliband has claimed a Labour government would "not have got to the point" of keeping two coal-fired power stations in Nottinghamshire on standby this winter. Agreements were struck last year with the operators of power stations in West Burton and Ratcliffe-on-Soar in what the Government said was a move to provide "additional back-up electricity" if it was needed.
Two of the units at the West Burton A Power Station near Retford also remained available after they were originally set to close last year. On a visit to Mansfield, Ed Miliband suggested a Labour government would not have got to the stage of needing to strike such agreements with the power station operators.Mr Miliband was in Mansfield on Thursday to speak to college students about the Labour Party's energy policy.
"Energy efficiency is good for the climate and it's also good crucially because it stops us using so much gas, because it cuts the need and it cuts imports. The Government has left us badly exposed, but the long-term answer is not more coal-fired power stations or more coal mines frankly. The long-term answer is to actually have a proper plan for renewables and nuclear, which is what a Labour government would have.
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