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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| 757-60, 765 and 805-06 827-28 and 895-96 |
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| Page 13, line 7 [Clause 21], leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘subsection (1)’. |
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| Page 13, line 14 [Clause 21], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | The Secretary of State must within one year of the passing of this Act make |
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| | regulations establishing a scheme or schemes to make payments for the purpose |
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| | of rewarding the installation of energy saving measures. |
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| | (4B) | Regulations under subsection (4A) are referred to in this Chapter as “demand |
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| | (4C) | Prior to the making of regulations under subsection (4A), the Secretary of State |
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| | must publish a report setting out the total potential for energy demand reduction |
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| | and the extent to which this potential will be achieved by Government policies |
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| | (a) | the scheme or schemes, and |
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| | (b) | other relevant programmes, regulation or expenditure.’. |
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| Page 13, line 21 [Clause 22], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Demand reduction regulations must make provision about demand reduction |
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| Page 13, line 29 [Clause 22], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | Subject to any further provision made under this Chapter, a demand reduction |
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| | payment is an instrument by virtue of which— |
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| | (a) | an energy user is paid for reducing the demand for energy or investing in |
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| | a technology which can be shown to reduce the demand for energy either |
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| | permanently or for a specified period; |
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| | (b) | all electricity suppliers may be required to make payments (“demand |
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| | reduction payments”) to or for the benefit of these users.’. |
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| Page 13, line 31 [Clause 22], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Provision included in regulations of demand reduction payments for the purposes |
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| | of subsection (2A) may make provision about the meaning of “energy user”.’. |
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| Page 14, line 6 [Clause 22], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | Provision included in regulations of demand reduction payments by virtue of |
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| | subsection (2A) may include provision about— |
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| | (a) | the terms of a demand reduction payment; |
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| | (b) | the circumstances in which, and the process by which, a demand |
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| | reduction payment may or must be made; |
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| | (c) | the persons who may be paid; |
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| | (d) | the circumstances in which and technologies for which payments may be |
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| | (e) | the number and size of payments; |
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| | (f) | the means by which demand reduction payments are to be calculated; |
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| | (g) | a person or body who is to administer the settlement of demand reduction |
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| | payments (“a settlement body”); |
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| | (h) | the enforcement of the terms relating to demand reduction payments; |
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| | (i) | the resolution of disputes relating to a demand reduction payment |
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| | (j) | the circumstances in which a demand reduction payment may be |
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| | terminated or reclaimed or varied; |
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| | (k) | the circumstances in which a demand reduction payment may be |
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| | (l) | the means for monitoring and verifying the energy reduction for which |
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| | demand reduction payments are made.’. |
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| Page 14, line 16 [Clause 22], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5A) | Provision falling within subsection (4A) includes provision— |
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| | (a) | conferring on the national system operator the function of issuing |
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| | demand reduction payments; |
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| | (b) | about any conditions that must be satisfied by or in relation to a person |
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| | before that person may receive a demand reduction payment; |
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| | (c) | about any matters in relation to which a person must satisfy the national |
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| | system operator before the person receives a demand reduction |
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| Page 14, line 19 [Clause 22], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(6A) | Provision made by virtue of this section may include provision requiring a person |
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| | to consent to the inspection of plant or premises, either before or after that person |
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| | receives a demand reduction payment. |
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| | (6B) | Subject to the provisions in section 24, the Secretary of State must within six |
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| | months of the making of demand reduction regulations establish a fund drawn |
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| | from capacity payments for the purpose of issuing demand reduction payments.’. |
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