By Gerard Tubb, Sky News Correspondent
Crucial plans to ensure the UK's lights stay on for the next 20 years are due to be published shortly by the Government.
The energy and climate secretary, Ed Davey, has to balance the need to create new generating capacity with commitments to a low carbon future and more electricity from renewable sources.
Many power stations are coming to the end of their life and the Government estimates it will cost £110bn to replace and improve electricity infrastructure over the next decade.
Researcher Malcolm Grimston, from Imperial College and Chatham House, said it is essential that the Energy Bill is a success.
Researcher Malcolm Grimston said it is essential the bill is a success "We've hardly built any new power stations for over 10 years now and a lot of our existing ones are coming to the end of their lives.
"We used to have a lot of our own gas reserves, they've pretty much gone so were now dependent on imports."
Electricity use is increasing, with suggestions that demand could double by 2050.
Advances in generating technology are increasing capacity, but planning concerns have the potential to derail industry targets.
At Ovenden Moor in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire Wind Power wants to replace 23 wind turbines generating 9.2MW of power with nine turbines generating up to 23MW.
But the size of the new turbines has led to campaigners in nearby Haworth, home to the Bronte Museum, complaining that the environment will be blighted - while denying charges of nimbyism.
"This is everyone's back yard, this is heritage landscape," said Chris Gwent, the heritage and conservation officer for the Bronte Society.
"We don't want them dominating this unique landscape."
The UK is signed up to providing 15% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and to reducing to zero the amount of carbon pumped into the atmosphere from electricity generation.
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