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| | [SEVENTH AND EIGHTH Sittings]
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 27, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Provision made in this regard must include provision about a panel of |
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| | | independent experts to advise on the amounts to be paid. |
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| | | (1B) | Provision made in this regard must include a consumer representative. |
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| | | (1C) | The members of the panel of independent experts shall be appointed by the |
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| | | Secretary of State and shall comprise Chairman, a Consumer representative, a |
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| | | representative of the Authority and such other members as the Secretary of State |
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| | | (1D) | In appointing persons to be members of the panel of independent experts, the |
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| | | Secretary of State must secure, so far as practicable, that the Expert Panel— |
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| | | (b) | is comprised of technical, academic, economic, legal and such other |
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| | | experts necessary to give the informed advice required. |
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| | | (1E) | The Chair of the panel of independent experts shall be appointed for a fixed |
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| | | period, specified in their terms of his appointment, but shall be eligible for |
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| | | reappointment at the end of that period. |
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| | | (1F) | Provision made in this regard must be laid before Parliament.’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 33, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3) | Regulations by virtue of subsection (1) shall make provision for— |
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| | | (a) | the recovery by electricity suppliers of any amounts paid to a CFD |
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| | | Counterparty by virtue of section 5; |
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| | | (b) | the return by electricity suppliers of any surplus paid to them by a CFD |
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| | | Counterparty by virtue of this section; |
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| | | (c) | provision made by virtue of paragraph (a) in this section shall include |
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| | | provision on any recovery from customers; and |
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| | | (d) | provision made by virtue of paragraph (b) in this section shall include |
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| | | provision that any surplus be returned to customers.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 4, leave out ‘or not to be paid, into the Consolidated Fund’ |
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| | and insert ‘to consumers’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 6, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(h) | for the information provided by virtue of paragraphs (a) to (c) to be laid |
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| | Clause 10, page 7, line 4, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | Provision made in this regard must include provision requiring any new functions |
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| | | conferred on the Authority to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.’. |
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| | Clause 11, page 7, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | The Secretary of State must report to Parliament following any provision made |
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| | | by virtue of subsection (1).’. |
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| | Clause 13, page 8, leave out lines 5 and 6. |
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| | Clause 13, page 8, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | the costs of delivering the energy to the grid.’. |
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| | Clause 14, page 8, line 21, after ‘consult’, insert ‘and agree with’. |
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| | Clause 14, page 8, line 33, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | In taking forward the requirement to consult under subsections (1)(a), (b) and (c), |
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| | | the Secretary of State shall— |
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| | | (a) | establish a Devolved Administration Consultation group, and |
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| | | (b) | make regulations for the scope, operation and outcomes from that |
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| | Clause 14, page 8, line 33, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(i) | the Committee on Climate Change; |
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| | | (j) | the Panel of Technical Experts; and |
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| | | (k) | any person who is a holder of a licence to generate electricity under |
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| | | section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989.’. |
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| | Clause 14, page 8, line 34, leave out subsection (2). |
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| | Clause 14, page 8, line 34, leave out ‘as well as consultation after’. |
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| | Clause 14, page 8, line 35, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(3) | Before making regulations under this Chapter or order under section 13, the |
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| | | (a) | take into account any representations made by the consultees under |
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| | | subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c), |
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| | | (b) | take into account any representations and discussions in the Devolved |
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| | | Administration Consultation group under subsection (1A), and |
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| | | (c) | publish a statement setting out whether and how the regulations or order |
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| | | under section 13 takes account of any representations made by the |
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| | | consultees under subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c).’. |
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| | Clause 16, page 9, line 33, leave out ‘as well as consultation after’. |
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| | Clause 16, page 9, line 33, leave out subsection (5). |
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| | Clause 17, page 10, line 10, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(6) | The national system operator shall not be designated so as to include any |
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| | | company or person that has interests in the national system that may come into |
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| | | conflict with their responsibilities as a national system operator.’. |
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| | Clause 17, page 10, line 10, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | The Secretary of State must convene a panel of independent experts to advise on |
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| | | the exercise of functions under this Chapter. |
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| | | ( ) | The panel of independent experts must include a consumer representative. |
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| | | ( ) | The minutes of meetings or reports by the panel of independent experts must be |
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| | | laid before Parliament within two weeks of their publication.’. |
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| | [Adjourned until Tuesday 29 January at 8.55 am |
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