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(10)	Any regulations under this section shall not be made unless a draft of the

instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of,

each House of Parliament.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This Amendment provides the Secretary of State with a permissive power to instruct energy com­

panies to bring forward measures to reduce fuel poverty.

Use of biomethane

Dr Alan Whitehead

Dr Desmond Turner

Paddy Tipping

NC17

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	In section 32(8) of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29), in the definition of “renewable

sources”, at end insert—

“and shall include the use of any gas drawn from a gas network to which

premises supplied by the supplier are connected where at the time the gas

is drawn from the network the supplier has arranged for the shipping to

the consumer at those premises of the same quantity of renewable

biomethane gas and that quantity has been introduced to the gas

transmission or distribution system to which the consumer’s premises are

connected.”.

(2)	In section 124 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), after subsection (5) insert—

“(6)	For the purposes of this section ‘supplied’ shall include supply of any gas

or other fuel drawn from a gas or other fuel network to any premises

where at the time the gas or other fuel is drawn from the network by a

consumer the supplier has arranged for the shipping to the consumer at

the same premises of the same quantity of renewable transport fuel and

that quantity has been introduced to the gas transmission or distribution

system to which those premises are connected.”’.

Provision for regulations for a carbon dioxide performance standard on electricity

generating stations

Steve Webb

Martin Horwood

NC18

To move the following Clause:—

‘After section 36B of the Electricity Act 1989 insert—

“36C	Generating stations: carbon dioxide emissions performance standard

(1)	The Secretary of State may by regulation prescribe a carbon dioxide

emission performance standard applying to any generating stations

requiring consent for construction or extension under section 36.

(2)	Regulations under this section must prescribe a carbon dioxide emission

performance standard that is in no case greater than 400 kilograms of

carbon dioxide per megawatt hour of electricity generated at any

individual generating station.

(3)	Regulations under this section may prescribe—

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(a)	the ways in which proposed generating stations are able to

demonstrate compliance with the carbon dioxide emission

performance standard including by way of carbon capture and

storage;

(b)	the information that must be submitted with an application under

section 36 to demonstrate compliance with the carbon dioxide

emission performance standard;

(c)	how compliance by generating stations that have demonstrated

compliance with the prescribed performance standard and are

granted consent under section 36 shall be monitored and

enforced, including appointing and conferring powers on an

appropriate agency to carry out such monitoring and

enforcement;

(d)	any sources of electricity generation that are deemed to be

compliant with the carbon dioxide emission performance

standard including electricity generated from renewable sources.

(4)	The Secretary of State shall not grant a consent under section 36 for any

generating station that does not comply with any prescribed standard.

(5)	Before making regulations under this section (including setting the level

of performance standard), the Secretary of State shall consult—

(a)	electricity generators;

(b)	the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;

(c)	the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council;

(d)	the Environment Agency with regard to England and Wales;

(e)	the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency with regard to

Scotland;

(f)	other persons or bodies representing the interests of the

electricity industry, local government and the environment, and

(g)	any other persons or bodies as he may consider appropriate.

(6)	The Secretary of State must make regulations under this section no later

than 12 months from the date on which this Act is passed.

(7)	Any regulations under this section shall not be made unless a draft at the

instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a

resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(8)	In this section—

“carbon dioxide emission performance standard” means a standard

prescribed by regulation setting the maximum amount of carbon dioxide

that may be emitted from a generating station.”’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This Amendment gives the Secretary of State an enabling power to introduce a performance stand­

ard that sets the maximum amount of carbon dioxide emissions from individual electricity gener­

ating stations. The standard would apply to any generating stations requiring consent for

construction or extension under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.

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Revised 22 February 2008