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Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 17th June 2004

STANDING COMMITTEE B


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

ENERGY BILL [LORDS]


NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [20th May].

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page
Mr David Ruffley

192

Clause     118,     page     94,     line     32,     leave out subsection (1).

   

Dr Desmond Turner
Brian White

1

Clause     118,     page     94,     line     33,     after 'day', insert 'within the relevant period'.

   

Dr Desmond Turner
Brian White

2

Clause     118,     page     94,     line     33,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   After section 32(8) of that Act, insert—

      "(8A) In this section and section 32C 'the relevant period' means the period that—

      (a) begins with the passing of the Energy Act 2004, and

      (b) ends four years after the coming into force of section 32D.".'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page
Mr David Ruffley

193

Clause     118,     page     94,     line     34,     leave out subsections (2) to (6).

   

Dr Desmond Turner
Brian White

3

Clause     118,     page     94,     line     38,     after 'obligation', insert 'during the relevant period'.

   

Dr Desmond Turner
Brian White

4

Clause     118,     page     95,     line     2,     after 'day', insert 'and ending no later than the last day of the relevant period'.

   

Dr Desmond Turner
Brian White

5

Clause     118,     page     95,     line     22,     at end insert 'provided that any such period shall end no later than the last day of the relevant period'.


   

Brian White
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Norman Stunell
Norman Baker

40

Clause     120,     page     96,     line     42,     after 'that', insert 'the Secretary of State may by order determine that'.

   

Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Norman Stunell
Norman Baker

167

Clause     120,     page     96,     line     44,     after 'electricity', insert 'with a capacity greater than 50 MW'.

   

Brian White
Mr Norman Stunell
Norman Baker

206

Clause     120,     page     96,     line     46,     at end add 'and that this shall be introduced with a mechanism to ensure the obligation upon electricity suppliers to purchase electricity from renewable sources shall not be decreased.'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

19

Page     96,     line     41,     leave out Clause 120.


   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page
Mr David Ruffley

194

Clause     128,     page     101,     line     19,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Ann McIntosh
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page
Mr David Ruffley

195

Clause     128,     page     101,     line     21,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page
Mr David Ruffley

196

Clause     128,     page     101,     line     26,     after 'meet', insert 'those'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page
Mr David Ruffley

197

Clause     128,     page     101,     line     26,     at end insert 'set under subsection (2)(b)'.


   

Brian White
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

200

Clause     129,     page     102,     line     6,     after 'microgeneration', insert 'and dynamic demand control.'.

   

Brian White
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

201

Clause     129,     page     102,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   In drawing up the strategy or any revision of the strategy, the Secretary of State shall consider the role of dynamic demand control in—

      (a) reducing fluctuations in demand for electricity, and so increasing stability and security of supply,

      (b) creating a smoothing effect in electricity demand that facilitates the connection of high proportions of intermittent renewable generation,

      (c) reducing the need for reinforcement of electricity networks, and

      (d) reducing the cost of balancing the electricity system.'.

   

Brian White
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

202

Clause     129,     page     102,     line     15,     at end insert 'or produce products that would facilitate dynamic demand control'.

   

Mr Colin Challen
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

212

Clause     129,     page     102,     line     16,     leave out subsection (4).

   

Brian White
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

203

Clause     129,     page     102,     line     17,     after 'microgeneration', insert 'and the installation of dynamic demand control measures'.

   

Mr Colin Challen
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

213

Clause     129,     page     102,     line     20,     leave out from 'strategy' to end of line 21.

   

Mr Colin Challen
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

214

Clause     129,     page     102,     line     23,     leave out 'new'.

   

Brian White
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

204

Clause     129,     page     102,     line     24,     after 'microgeneration', insert 'and the installation of dynamic demand control measures'.

   

Brian White
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

205

Clause     129,     page     102,     line     28,     at end insert—

       '"dynamic demand control" means the ability of a load or a microgeneration device to adjust its electricity consumption or output according to instantaneous power imbalances on the electricity grid, in order that the variability of demand is reduced;'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

20

Page     102,     line     3,     leave out Clause 129.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

215

Clause     133,     page     104,     line     38,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   After subsection (2) of that section insert—

          "(2A)   The same person may not be the holder of both a transmission licence in which the conditions relating to the carrying out of the system operator function by such person are in force and a transmission licence in which the conditions relating to the carrying out of the system provider function by such person are in force. For the avoidance of doubt, a holding company and the subsidiaries of that holding company (as such expressions are defined in section 736 of the Companies Act 1985) shall be regarded, for the purposes of this section, as different persons.

          (2B)   The holder of a transmission licence shall not, except to the extent permitted by or under such licence in respect of ancillary or incidental activities, conduct any business or carry out any activity other than that of participating in the transmission of electricity.".'.

   

Anne Picking
Paddy Tipping
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Calum MacDonald

93

Clause     133,     page     105,     line     11,     at end add—

    '(4)   In section 7 (licence conditions: general), after subsection (3A) insert—

      "(3B) Conditions included in a transmission licence by virtue of subsection (1)(a) shall require the holder to—

      (a) maintain accounting and reporting arrangements which enable accounts to be prepared, and

      (b) prepare and submit to GEMA, on an annual basis, accounts,

       for the business engaging in that activity so that the revenues, costs, assets, liabilities, reserves and provisions of, or reasonably attributable to, the business engaging in that activity are separately identifiable from those of any other business of the transmission licence holder.".'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

216

Clause     133,     page     105,     line     11,     at end add—

    '(2B)   Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), conditions included in a transmission licence by virtue of that paragraph may include such provision in a licence to give effect to section 6(2B) as appear to the Authority to be necessary or expedient.'.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

217

Clause     139,     page     107,     line     5,     at end insert—

       '"system operator" means a person engaged in the activity described in section 4(3A)(a) of the 1989 Act;

       "system provider" means a person engaged in the activity described in section 4(3A)(b) of the 1989 Act; and'.


   

Dr Desmond Turner

190

Clause     144,     page     109,     line     31,     leave out paragraph (a).


   

Mr Michael Weir

34

Clause     177,     page     133,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   The cost of gas supplied through a pay meter shall be supplied at no more than the average unit cost for gas supplied to customers by other means of payment.'.

   

Mr Michael Weir

35

Clause     177,     page     134,     line     16,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   The cost of electricity supplied through a pay meter shall be supplied at no more than the average unit cost for electricity supplied to customers by other means of payment.'.



 
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