S.C.B.
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.'.