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| | | (g) | customer satisfaction indicators, including levels of complaint; and |
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| | | (h) | security of smart meters and smart grids including in relation to privacy |
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| | | and commercial confidentiality.’. |
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| | Clause 69, page 53, line 23, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(6A) | No later than one year after this section comes into force and in every subsequent |
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| | | calendar year, the Secretary of State will be required, by means of the information |
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| | | obtained by virtue of this section, to report to Parliament on the operation, costs |
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| | | and effect of a carbon emissions reduction order or home-heating cost reduction |
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| | | Disclosure of energy performance certificates in connection with sale or letting out |
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| | | ‘(1) | This section applies where— |
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| | | (a) | a property, or a lease of a property, is to be sold; or |
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| | | (b) | a property is to be let out— |
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| | | (i) | under a tenancy or licence agreement; and |
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| | | (ii) | on the basis that the prospective tenant or licensee is to be liable |
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| | | for paying the energy bills for the property. |
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| | | (2) | The seller or prospective landlord or licensor must— |
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| | | (a) | obtain a valid energy performance certificate in accordance with energy |
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| | | performance regulations made under the Building Act 1984 or any |
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| | | succeeding energy performance legislation; and |
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| | | (b) | provide this certificate free of charge to any prospective buyer, tenant or |
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| | | licensee at the specified time. |
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| | | (3) | An obligation under subsection (2) may be discharged by an agent. |
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| | | (4) | For the purposes of subsection (2), a person becomes a prospective buyer, tenant |
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| | | or licensee in relation to a property when the person— |
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| | | (a) | requests any information about the property from the seller, prospective |
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| | | landlord or licensor or an agent for the purpose of deciding whether to |
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| | | (b) | makes a request to view the property for the purpose mentioned in |
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| | | (c) | makes an offer, whether oral or written, to buy or let the property. |
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| | | (5) | For the purposes of subsection (2), an energy performance certificate is only valid |
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| | | (a) | the certificate relates to a period that is no more than one year from the |
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| | | time that the certificate was issued; and |
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| | | (b) | the person required to provide the certificate has no reasonable grounds |
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| | | to suspect that the energy performance information on the certificate is |
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| | | (6) | For the purposes of this section— |
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| | | (a) | an agent is a person acting on behalf of a seller or prospective landlord or |
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| | | licensor in the sale or letting out of a property; |
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| | | (b) | specified, in relation to time, means specified in regulations made by the |
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| | Clause 71, page 54, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | In subsection (3)(g) after “consumers”, insert “(including adherence to an |
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| | | independent Code of Practice for Installation)”.’. |
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| | | Supplementing the Energy Company Obligation |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must, within six months of this Bill receiving Royal |
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| | | Assent, report to Parliament with proposals on the ways in which the funds, |
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| | | including the Energy Company Obligation, could be supplemented by— |
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| | | (a) | auction revenues from the European Union Emissions Trading System, |
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| | | (b) | revenues from the Carbon Floor Price, and |
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| | | (c) | such other funds as considered appropriate by the Secretary of State.’. |
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| | | This New Clause requires the Secretary of State to produce a report on the potential for using |
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| | | public funds to supplement the Energy Company Obligation. |
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| | | Support from the Green Investment Bank |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must, within six months of this Bill receiving Royal |
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| | | Assent, report to Parliament with proposals on the ways in which the Green |
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| | | Investment Bank could maximise the take-up of the Green Deal. |
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| | | (2) | The report required by subsection (1) shall include an examination of the extent |
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| | | to which interest rates linked to the repayment of Green Deal loans can be |
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| | | lowered through action taken by the Green Investment Bank, and the impact this |
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| | | may have on consumer demand.’. |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | This New Clause would require the Secretary of State to produce a report on the ways in which the |
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| | | Green Investment Bank could support take-up of the Green Deal, in particular by taking action to |
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| | | lower the interest rates applied to Green Deal loans. |
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| | Clause 78, page 59, line 37, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2BA) | In 2012 the report required under section (2A) shall be accompanied by proposals |
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| | | for a formal definition of distributed energy and include plans to develop a |
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| | | strategy setting out the role of distributed energy in energy policy, including in |
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| | | ensuring the security of energy supplies.’. |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | Subsections 2A and 2B commit the Government to producing an annual report on the electricity |
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| | | supply capacity. This amendment requires the Government to formally define distributed energy |
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| | | and to set out how distributed energy will be recognised in energy policy, including when |
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| | | considering the security of supplies. |
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| | Clause 78, page 60, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(f) | electricity generated from distributed energy sources’. |
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| | | This amendment will ensure that the new assessment of what electricity supply capacity is required |
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| | | will take into account electricity generated from distributed energy sources. It does so by adding |
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| | | distributed energy to a list of other factors that have to be considered. |
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| | | Minimum energy efficiency standards |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make regulations for the purpose of securing that— |
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| | | (a) | a landlord of a domestic PR property, or |
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| | | (b) | the appointed agent of a landlord of a domestic PR property |
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| | | | which falls below a specified minimum standard of energy efficiency (as |
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| | | demonstrated by the energy performance certificate) shall not let or market to let |
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| | | the property until such time as the landlord can demonstrate that the property |
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| | | meets the specified minimum standard for a domestic PR property. |
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| | | (2) | For the purposes of domestic minimum standard regulations— |
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| | | “energy performance certificate” has the meaning given by the Energy |
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| | | “landlord”, “local authority” and “appointed agent” have the meanings |
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| | | given by the regulations; and |
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| | | (3) | Specified minimum energy efficiency standards shall be applied as follows— |
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| | | (a) | properties with an energy rating of Band F or lower shall not be let or |
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| | | marketed for let from 1 January 2015; |
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| | | (b) | properties with an energy rating of Band E or lower shall not be let or |
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| | | marketed for let from 1 January 2016; |
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| | | (c) | properties with an energy rating of Band D or lower shall not be let or |
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| | | marketed for let from 1 January 2019; |
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| | | (d) | properties with an energy rating of Band C or lower shall not be let or |
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| | | marketed for let from 1 January 2022; |
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| | | (4) | The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a plan for achieving the principle |
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| | | purpose set out in paragraph (a)— |
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