Trade and Industry - Second Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 March 1997.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

RELEVANT MEMORANDA PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE EVIDENCE FOR THE COMMITTEE'S INQUIRY INTO ENERGY REGULATION

LIST OF MEMORANDA REPORTED TO THE HOUSE AND NOT PRINTED

CONTENTS OF THE REPORT

  CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

  CHAPTER TWO: THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INDUSTRY AND LIBERALISATION

        Timetable for liberalisation in the electricity supply industry

        The introduction of competition in the over 100kW market

        Our previous recommendations

  CHAPTER THREE: COSTS AND BENEFITS OF LIBERALISATION

      The Costs of Liberalisation

      The Benefits to Consumers of Liberalisation

        The scope for price reductions

        Other potential benefits to consumers

      Which Consumers are Most Likely to Benefit from Liberalisation

        Cherry-picking

        Customers on prepayment meters

      The Need for Cost-Benefit Analysis

CHAPTER FOUR:  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LIBERALISATION

        Leadership

        Project management and allocation of project responsibilities

        Profiling

        Systems integration

        Testing

        Customer trials

        Controlled market start-up

        Contingency plans

CHAPTER FIVE:  PRICE RESTRAINTS AND OTHER OUTSTANDING

    CUSTOMER PROTECTION ISSUES

        Price restraints in the competitive market

        Code of practice on marketing

        Meter readers

CHAPTER SIX:  ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY SERVICE

        Standards of Performance

        The impact of liberalisation on energy efficiency

CHAPTER SEVEN:  WILL LIBERALISATION ACHIEVE FAIR AND EFFECTIVE

    COMPETITION?

        Public electricity supplier licence obligations and non-discrimination provisions

        Customer switching

        Competition in generation and the operation of the Pool

CHAPTER EIGHT:  IS LIBERALISATION IN 1998 ACHIEVABLE?

CONCLUSIONS

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

Notes:

References to "Q" are to the question numbers in the oral evidence, published in Volume II. "Ev. p." refers to pages in the memoranda which are also published in Volume II. Other references are noted in full.

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Prepared 20 March 1997