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Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 14 March 2013

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

757-60, 765 and 805-06 827-28 and 895-96

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Energy Bill, As Amended

 

Dr Alan Whitehead

 

34

 

Page  13,  line  7  [Clause  21],  leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘subsection (1)’.

 

Dr Alan Whitehead

 

35

 

Page  13,  line  14  [Clause  21],  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

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 energy saving measures.

 

(4B)    

Regulations under subsection (4A) are referred to in this Chapter as “demand

 

reduction regulations”.

 

(4C)    

Prior to the making of regulations under subsection (4A), the Secretary of State

 

must publish a report setting out the total potential for energy 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.’.

 

Dr Alan Whitehead

 

36

 

Page  13,  line  21  [Clause  22],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Demand reduction regulations must make provision about demand reduction

 

payments.’.

 

Dr Alan Whitehead

 

37

 

Page  13,  line  29  [Clause  22],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

Subject to any further provision made under this Chapter, a demand reduction

 

payment is an instrument by virtue of which—


 
 

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Energy Bill, continued

 
 

(a)    

an energy user is paid for reducing the demand for energy or investing in

 

a technology which can be shown to reduce the demand for energy either

 

permanently or for a specified period;

 

(b)    

all electricity suppliers may be required to make payments (“demand

 

reduction payments”) to or for the benefit of these users.’.

 

Dr Alan Whitehead

 

38

 

Page  13,  line  31  [Clause  22],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Provision included in regulations of demand reduction payments for the purposes

 

of subsection (2A) may make provision about the meaning of “energy user”.’.

 

Dr Alan Whitehead

 

39

 

Page  14,  line  6  [Clause  22],  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Provision included in regulations of demand reduction payments by virtue of

 

subsection (2A) may include provision about—

 

(a)    

the terms of a demand reduction payment;

 

(b)    

the circumstances in which, and the process by which, a demand

 

reduction payment may or must be made;

 

(c)    

the persons who may be paid;

 

(d)    

the circumstances in which and technologies for which payments may be

 

made;

 

(e)    

the number and size of payments;

 

(f)    

the means by which demand reduction payments are to be calculated;

 

(g)    

a person or body who is to administer the settlement of demand reduction

 

payments (“a settlement body”);

 

(h)    

the enforcement of the terms relating to demand reduction payments;

 

(i)    

the resolution of disputes relating to a demand reduction payment

 

payment;

 

(j)    

the circumstances in which a demand reduction payment may be

 

terminated or reclaimed or varied;

 

(k)    

the circumstances in which a demand reduction payment may be

 

assigned or traded;

 

(l)    

the means for monitoring and verifying the energy reduction for which

 

demand reduction payments are made.’.

 

Dr Alan Whitehead

 

40

 

Page  14,  line  16  [Clause  22],  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Provision falling within subsection (4A) includes provision—

 

(a)    

conferring on the national system operator the function of issuing

 

demand reduction payments;

 

(b)    

about any conditions that must be satisfied by or in relation to a person

 

before that person may receive a demand reduction payment;

 

(c)    

about any matters in relation to which a person must satisfy the national

 

system operator before the person receives a demand reduction

 

payment.’.


 
 

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Energy Bill, continued

 
 

Dr Alan Whitehead

 

41

 

Page  14,  line  19  [Clause  22],  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

Provision made by virtue of this section may include provision requiring a person

 

to consent to the inspection of plant or premises, either before or after that person

 

receives a demand reduction payment.

 

(6B)    

Subject to the provisions in section 24, the Secretary of State must within six

 

months of the making of demand reduction regulations establish a fund drawn

 

from capacity payments for the purpose of issuing demand reduction payments.’.

 


 
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