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that may be emitted per unit of output from an individual generating

 

station.’.

 

Information on contributions towards environmental taxes

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr John Baron

 

NC13

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State shall make regulations requiring companies supplying gas

 

or electricity to specify the proportion of those consumers’ energy bills that

 

contribute towards environmental taxes.

 

(2)    

In this section “environmental taxes” means—

 

(a)    

the Renewables Obligation Certificates,

 

(b)    

charges resulting from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and

 

(c)    

charges resulting from the Carbon Emissions Reduction Targets and

 

future additional environmental charges.’.

 

Annual report on gas storage

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr John Baron

 

NC14

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Secretary of State shall, in each calendar year following that in which this

 

Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report on—

 

(a)    

his assessment of the appropriate volume of onshore gas storage to ensure

 

long-term energy security, and

 

(b)    

the progress that have been made towards reaching that target.’.

 

Duty to encourage a reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr John Baron

 

NC15

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In section 3A of the Electricity Act (c. 29) (the principal objective and general

 

duties of the Secretary of State and the Authority), at end of subsection (1), insert

 

“while reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with

 

Government targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

 

(2)    

In section 4AA of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) (the principal objective and general

 

duties of the Secretary of State and the Authority), at end of subsection (1), insert

 

“while reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with

 

government targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions.’.


 
 

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Information on carbon dioxide emissions

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr John Baron

 

NC16

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Secretary of State shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, make

 

regulations requiring companies supplying gas or electricity to specify on

 

consumers’ energy bills the volume of carbon dioxide emitted in generating the

 

energy supplied in the period to which the bill relates.’.

 

Promotion of renewable energy

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr John Baron

 

NC17

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘In section 7(2) of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003 (c. 30), for “60,000,000”

 

substitute “250,000,000”.’.

 

Use of biomethane

 

Dr Desmond Turner

 

NC18

 

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—

 

“(2)    

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.”’.


 
 

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Duties of the regulatory authority

 

Dr Desmond Turner

 

NC19

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

For sections 4AA(1) and (2) of the Gas Act 1986 (c.44) substitute—

 

“(1)    

The principal objective of the Secretary of State and the Gas and

 

Electricity Markets Authority (in this Act referred to as “the Authority”)

 

in carrying out their respective functions under this Part is to deliver a

 

secure and sustainable energy system operating within greenhouse gas

 

emission limits notified by the Secretary of State to the Authority in

 

accordance with the provisions of the Climate Change Act 2008 [c. ].

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State and the Authority shall carry out those functions

 

in the manner which he or it considers is best calculated to further the

 

principal objective, having regard to—

 

(a)    

the protection of the interests of consumers in relation to gas or

 

heat conveyed through pipes, through effective competition

 

between persons engaged in, or in commercial activities

 

connected with, the transportation or supply of gas or heat; and

 

(b)    

the need to secure that, so far as it is economical to meet them,

 

all reasonable demands in Great Britain for gas and heat

 

conveyed though pipes are met; and

 

(c)    

the need to secure that licence holders are able to finance the

 

activities which are the subject of obligations imposed by or

 

under this Part or the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27).”

 

(2)    

For section 3(1) and (2) of the Electricity Act 1989 (c.29) substitute—

 

“(1)    

The principal objective of the Secretary of State and the Gas and

 

Electricity Markets Authority (in this Act referred to as “the Authority”)

 

in carrying out their respective functions under this Part is to deliver a

 

secure and sustainable energy system operating within greenhouse gas

 

emission limits notified by the Secretary of State to the Authority in

 

accordance with the provisions of the Climate Change Act 2008 [c ].

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State and the Authority shall carry out those functions

 

in the manner which he or it considers is best calculated to further the

 

principal objective, having regard to—

 

(a)    

the protection of the interests of consumers in relation to

 

electricity conveyed by distribution systems, through effective

 

competition between persons engaged in, or in commercial

 

activities connected with, the generation, transmission,

 

distribution or supply of electriciy; and

 

(b)    

the need to secure that all reasonable demands for electricity are

 

met; and

 

(c)    

the need to secure that licence holders are able to finance the

 

activities which are the subject of obligations imposed by or

 

under this Part of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27).”’.


 
 

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Access for renewable energy to the electricity and gas grids

 

Dr Desmond Turner

 

NC20

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

After section 3A of the 1989 Electricity Act (c.29) there is inserted—

 

“3B    

Access for renewable energy to the electricity networks

 

(1)    

In carrying out their respective functions, the Secretary of State and the

 

Authority shall ensure that—

 

(a)    

transmission system operators and distribution system operators

 

guarantee the transmission and distribution of electricity

 

produced from renewable energy sources, without prejudice to

 

the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid;

 

(b)    

transmission system operators and distribution system operators

 

provide for priority access to the grid system for electricity

 

produced from renewable energy sources;

 

(c)    

when dispatching electricity generating installations,

 

transmission system operators shall give priority to generating

 

installations using renewable energy sources insofar as the

 

security of the national electricity system permits;

 

(d)    

transmission system operators and distribution system operators

 

are required to set up and publish their standard rules relating to

 

the bearing and sharing of costs of technical adaptations,

 

including grid connections and grid reinforcements, which are

 

necessary in order to integrate new producers feeding electricity

 

produced from renewable energy sources into the interconnected

 

grid, and that such rules—

 

(i)    

shall be based on objective, transparent and non-

 

discriminatory criteria taking particular account of all

 

the costs and benefits associated with the connection of

 

these producers to the grid and of the particular

 

circumstances of producers located in peripheral regions

 

and in regions of low population density,

 

(ii)    

may provide for different types of connection, and

 

(iii)    

shall provide for the sharing of costs to be enforced by a

 

mechanism based on objective, transparent and non-

 

discriminatory criteria taking into account the benefits

 

which initially and subsequently connected producers as

 

well as transmission system operators and distribution

 

system operators derive from connections;

 

(e)    

transmission system operators and distribution system operators

 

are required to provide any new producer wishing to be

 

connected to the system with a comprehensive and detailed

 

estimate of the costs associated with the connection;

 

(f)    

the charging of transmission and distribution fees does not

 

discriminate against electricity from renewable energy sources,

 

including in particular electricity from renewable energy sources

 

produced in peripheral regions, such as island regions, and in

 

regions of low population densitiy;

 

(g)    

fees charged by transmission system operators and distribution

 

system operators for the transmission and distribution of

 

electricity from plants using renewable energy souces reflect


 
 

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realisable cost benefits resulting from the plant’s connection to

 

the network.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State shall review and take the necessary measures to

 

improve the frameworks and rules for bearing and sharing of costs

 

referred to in paragraph (d) by 30th June 2011 at the latest, and every two

 

years thereafter, in order to ensure the intergration of new producers.

 

(2)    

After section 4AA of the Gas Act 1986 (c.44) there is inserted—

 

“4AB  

Access for renewable gas to the gas networks

 

(1)    

In carrying out their respective functions, the Secretary of State and the

 

Authority shall ensure that—

 

(a)    

gas network operators guarantee the transport of gas produced

 

from renewable energy sources, without prejudice to the

 

maintenance of the reliability and safety of the gas networks;

 

(b)    

gas network operators provide for priority access to the gas

 

networks system for gas produced from renewable energy

 

sources;

 

(c)    

when dispatching gas, network operators shall give priority to

 

renewable energy sources insofar as the security of the national

 

gas system permits;

 

(d)    

gas network operators are required to set up and publish their

 

standard rules relating to the bearing and sharing of costs of

 

technical adaptations, such as gas network connections and gas

 

network upgrades, which are necessary in order to integrate new

 

producers feeding gas produced from renewable energy sources

 

in to the interconnected gas networks, and that such rules—

 

(i)    

shall be based on objective, transparent and non-

 

discriminatory criteria taking particular account of all

 

the costs and benefits associated with the connection of

 

these producers to the gas networks and of the particular

 

circumstances of producers located in peripheral regions

 

and in regions of low population density,

 

(ii)    

may provide for different types of connection, and

 

(iii)    

shall provide for the sharing of costs to be enforced by a

 

mechanism based on objective, transparent and non-

 

discriminatory criteria taking into account the benefits

 

which initially and subsequently connected producers as

 

well as gas network operators derive from the

 

connections;

 

(e)    

gas network operators are required to provide any new producer

 

wishing to be connected to the system with a comprehensive and

 

detailed estimate of the costs associated with the connection;

 

(f)    

the charging of transport fees does not discriminate against gas

 

from renewable energy sources, including in particular gas from

 

renewable energy sources produced in peripheral regions, such

 

as island regions, and in regions of low population densitiy; and

 

(g)    

fees charged by gas network operators for the transport of gas

 

from plants using renewable energy sources reflect realisable

 

cost benefits resulting from the plant’s connection to the

 

network.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State shall review and take the necessary measures to

 

improve the frameworks and rules for bearing and sharing of costs


 
 

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referred to in paragraph (d) by 30th June 2011 at the latest, and every two

 

years thereafter, in order to ensure the integration of new producers.”’.

 

Adjustment of transmission charges

 

Dr Desmond Turner

 

Colin Challen

 

Alan Simpson

 

Frank Cook

 

Dr Brian Iddon

 

Dr Ian Gibson

 

Total signatories: 10

 

Mr Michael Meacher

 

Joan Walley

 

Paddy Tipping

 

Colin Burgon

 

NC21

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 185 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) (Adjustment of transmission charges)

 

is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1)(a) for first ‘a’ substitute ‘any’.

 

(3)    

Omit subsections (10), (11) and (12).’.

 


 
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