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Public Bill Committee: 22 January 2013
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Energy Bill, continued

(7)
Strategic Reserve regulations may make provision for payments to be made by

electricity suppliers or capacity providers to a settlement body (see section

18(4)(g)) for the purposes of enabling the body—

(a)
to meet such descriptions of its costs that the Secretary of State considers

appropriate;

(b)
to hold sums in reserve;

(c)
to make payments to the Strategic Reserve Operator for the purpose of

securing and operating strategic reserve capacity.’.

Electricity efficiency incentives

Dr Alan Whitehead

NC3


To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State must within one year of the passing of this Act make

regulations establishing a scheme or schemes to make payments for the purpose

of rewarding the installation of electricity saving measures.

(2)
Prior to the making of regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must

publish a report setting out the total potential for electricity demand reduction and

the extent to which this potential will be achieved by Government policies

including—

(a)
the scheme or schemes; and

(b)
other relevant programmes, regulation or expenditure.

(3)
Regulations under this section must—

(a)
specify the parties from and to whom payments may be made;

(b)
make provision about the calculation of such payments;

(c)
make provision about—

(i)
the level;

(ii)
the type;

(iii)
the frequency; or

(iv)
the duration;


of such payments, which may differ according to the measures installed

or the parties from or to whom payments are made;

(d)
make provision about the monitoring, verification and calculation of

electricity savings.

(4)
For the purposes of this section, electricity saving measures are defined as

measures which achieve permanent and verifiable saving of electricity, which is

their primary purpose.’.

Public Bill Committee: 22 January 2013
50

Energy Bill, continued

Order of the House [19 DecEMBER 2012]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Energy Bill:

Committal

1.
The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.
Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 12 February 2013.

3.
The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.
Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.
Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.
Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.
Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.

Order of the Committee [15 January]

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.55 am on Tuesday 15

January) meet—

(a)
at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 15 January;

(b)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 17 January;

(c)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 22 January;

(d)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 24 January;

(e)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 29 January;

(f)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 31 January;

(g)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 5 February;

(h)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 7 February;

(i)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 12 February;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

      TABLE

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 15 January
Until no later than
Department of Energy

9.55 am
and Climate Change;

Ministry of Defence

Tuesday 15 January
Until no later than
National Grid; Scottish

11.00 am
Power; Centrica; E.ON

UK

Tuesday 15 January
Until no later than
The Office of Gas and

11.25 am
Electricity Markets

Tuesday 15 January
Until no later than
Confederation of British

2.45 pm
Industry; representative

from the Low Carbon

Finance Group

Tuesday 15 January
Until no later than
Renewable Energy

3.30 pm
Systems; DONG Energy;

Ecotricity

Tuesday 15 January
Until no later than
Cornwall Energy

4.15 pm
Associates Ltd; Professor

Catherine Mitchell,

University of Exeter;

Professor Dieter Helm

CBE, University of

Oxford

Tuesday 15 January
Until no later than
Vestas Wind Systems;

5.00 pm
SSE

Thursday 17 January
Until no later than
Committee on Climate

12.00 pm
Change

Thursday 17 January
Until no later than
Greenpeace; Friends of

12.45 pm
the Earth

Thursday 17 January
Until no later than
Safety Directors’ Forum;

3.00 pm
EDF Energy; Carbon

Capture and Storage

Association

Thursday 17 January
Until no later than
Consumer Focus;

4.00 pm
Institute for Public Policy

Research; Which?

Thursday 17 January
Until no later than
National Energy Action;

4.45 pm
GMB

Thursday 17 January
Until no later than
Combined Heat and

5.30 pm
Power Association;

Siemens; E3G

Thursday 17 January
Until no later than
RenewableUK

6.00 pm

Public Bill Committee: 22 January 2013
51

Energy Bill, continued

(3)
proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 3; Schedule 1; Clauses 4 to 31; Schedule 2;

Clauses 32 and 33; Schedule 3; Clauses 34 to 38; Schedule 4; Clauses 39 and

40; Schedule 5; Clauses 41 to 54; Schedule 6; Clauses 55 to 57; Schedule 7;

Clauses 58 to 62; Schedule 8; Clauses 63 to 79; Schedule 9; Clauses 80 to 85;

Public Bill Committee: 22 January 2013
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Energy Bill, continued

Schedule 10; Clauses 86 to 93; Schedule 11; Clause 94; Schedule 12; Clauses

95 to 107; Schedule 13; Clauses 108 to 117; Schedule 14; Clauses 118 to 126;

new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 12 February.



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