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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make regulations within one year of the passing of |
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| | this Act with the purpose of requiring designated energy suppliers to introduce a |
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| | renewable energy tariff for specified producers of renewable energy. |
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| | “renewable energy tariff” means the reward level for each kilowatt hour of |
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| | energy produced by the renewable source; |
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| | “renewable source” has the same meaning as in the Utilities Act 2000 |
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| | “renewable energy” means energy from renwable sources; |
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| | “renewables obligation” means the obligation specified in section 32 of the |
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| | Electricity Act 1989 (c.29); |
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| | “specified” means specified in the regulations. |
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| | (3) | The renewable energy tariff shall set the reward level for each kilowatt hour of |
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| | energy produced by the renewable source and may— |
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| | (a) | be set at different levels for different levels for different types of |
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| | (b) | apply to metered energy produced or to metered energy exported onto |
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| | public gas or electricity networks; |
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| | (c) | apply to sizes of renwable sources specified in the regulations; |
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| | (d) | be varied at different times as prescribed in the order or in successive |
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| | (e) | make provision for the payment and incidence of the costs of connection |
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| | of small-scale generators to public networks. |
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| | (4) | The descriptions of energy supplier upon which an order may impose the |
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| | payment of a renewable energy tariff are those supplying electricity or gas— |
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| | (b) | in England and Wales; |
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| | excluding such categories of supplier as are specified. |
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| | (5) | The regulations shall specify— |
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| | (a) | the renewable sources in respect of which renewable energy tariffs shall |
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| | (b) | the tariff applicable to each renewable source; |
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| | (c) | the maximum level of electricity generation in respect of which the |
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| | renewable energy tariff shall apply; |
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| | (d) | which persons and installations generating from renewable sources shall |
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| | be eligible for the renewable energy tariff, and any provisions to exclude |
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| | installations accredited under the renewables obligation; |
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| | (e) | the terms and duration of the renewable energy tariff arrangements; |
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| | (f) | how the amount of energy produced and upon which the renewable |
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| | energy tariff is payable shall be measured, determined or deemed; |
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| | (g) | provisions for the regulation of renewable energy tariff arrangements by |
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| | (h) | provision for the Secretary of State to report periodically on the |
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| | effectiveness of the regulations made hereunder; |
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| | (i) | any necessary amendment to distribution licences or supply licences held |
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| | (j) | such other provisions as may be required for the efficient, cost-effective |
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| | and transparent operation of the renewable energy tariff. |
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| | (6) | Before making regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must |
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| | (b) | the energy suppliers to whom the proposed order may apply; |
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| | (c) | representatives of renewable energy producers to whom the proposed |
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| | (d) | such other persons, if any, as he considers appropriate. |
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| | (7) | Regulations under this section shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument |
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| | containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of |
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| | Duty to protect public health |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In section 3D(2) (exceptions from sections 3A to 3C) delete the words “or 37”. |
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| | (3) | In section 29 (regulations relating to supply and safety), after subsection (2)(g) |
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| | “(h) | specify the distance at which any new high voltage line should |
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| | be installed from any existing development.”. |
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| | (4) | In Schedule 8 (consents under sections 36 and 37) at the end of paragraph 2(1) |
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| | insert “and the Health Protection Agency.”. |
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| | (5) | In Schedule 8 (consents under sections 36 and 37) in paragraph 2(2) after |
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| | “relevant planning authority” insert “or the Health Protection Agency”. |
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| | (6) | In Schedule 8 (consents under sections 36 and 37) after paragraph 2(6) insert— |
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| | “(7) | In this Schedule “Health Protection Agency” has the same meaning as in |
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| | the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c. 17) and includes any |
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| | successor to its functions in respect of radiation.”’. |
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| | Electricity from hydro-microgeneration |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall, within one year of the passing of this Act, make |
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| | regulations with the purpose of encouraging renewable energy generation by |
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| | means of hydro-microgeneration. |
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| | “hydro-microgeneration” means the generation of electricity by means of a |
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| | hydro-turbine of less than 100kW capacity; |
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| | “microgeneration plant” has the same meaning given in section 7(6) of the |
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| | Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19). |
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| | (3) | Regulations under this section may prescribe— |
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| | (a) | the treatment of hydro-microgeneration under sections 32 to 32M of the |
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| | Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29); |
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| | (b) | licensing for the use of water in a water-course for the purpose of hydro- |
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| | (c) | that any requirement for abstraction, transfer or impoundment licences |
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| | (i) | Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57), |
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| | (ii) | Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), or |
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| | (iii) | Water Act 2003 (c. 37) |
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| | | is repealed in respect of a hydro-microgeneration plant, provided that no |
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| | water is removed from the watercourse in the process of generation; |
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| | (d) | that any requirement to ensure the safety and welfare of fish in a |
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| | watercourse on which a hydro-microgeneration plant is situated is |
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| | proportional to the risk of detriment to the safety and welfare of fish. |
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| | (4) | Any reference to the generation of electricity under this or any other act which |
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| | applies to hydro-microgeneration shall apply as though the reference was to the |
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| | generation of electricity by means of any hydro-turbine of less than 100kW |
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| | (5) | Regulations under this section shall not be made unless a draft of the statutory |
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| | instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, |
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| | each House of Parliament.’. |
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| | Provision for greenhouse gases emissions performance standard for electricity |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations for a greenhouse gases |
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| | emissions performance standard to set the maximum level of carbon dioxide that |
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| | may be emitted per unit of output by any generating station requiring consent for |
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| | construction or extension under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29). |
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| | (2) | Regulations made under subsection (1) may include provision— |
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| | (a) | specifying how proposed generation stations are able to comply with any |
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| | greenhouse gases emissions performance standard, and to demonstrate |
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| | compliance with any regulations made under this section, including by |
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| | the capture of carbon dioxide at the generating station and its transport to |
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| | and injection into geological storage provided that such activities are |
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| | licenses in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; |
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| | (b) | specifying any sources of electricity generation, including electricity |
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| | generated from renewable sources, that are deemed to be compliant with |
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| | any greenhouse gases emissions performance standard. |
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| | (3) | No consent shall be granted under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for any |
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| | generating station that does not comply with regulations made under subsection |
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| | (4) | Before making regulations under subsection (1) (including setting the level of the |
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| | greenhouse gases emissions performance standard), the Secretary of State must |
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| | consult such persons as are, in his opinion, likely to be affected by or have an |
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| | interest in the regulations. |
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| | (5) | Regulations made under subsection (1) shall be made by statutory instrument, |
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| | which may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and |
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| | approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. |
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| | “greenhouse gases emissions performance standard” means a standard |
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| | prescribed by regulations setting the maximum level of carbon dioxide |
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| | that may be emitted per unit of output from an individual generating |
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| | Information on contributions towards environmental taxes |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make regulations requiring companies supplying gas |
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| | or electricity to specify the proportion of those consumers’ energy bills that |
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| | contribute towards environmental taxes. |
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| | (2) | In this section “environmental taxes” means— |
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| | (a) | the Renewables Obligation Certificates, |
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| | (b) | charges resulting from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and |
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| | (c) | charges resulting from the Carbon Emissions Reduction Targets and |
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| | future additional environmental charges.’. |
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| | Annual report on gas storage |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall, in each calendar year following that in which this |
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| | Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report on— |
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| | (a) | his assessment of the appropriate volume of onshore gas storage to ensure |
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| | long-term energy security, and |
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| | (b) | the progress that has been made towards reaching that target.’. |
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| | Duty to encourage a reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In section 3A of the Electricity Act (c. 29) (the principal objective and general |
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| | duties of the Secretary of State and the Authority), at end of subsection (1), insert |
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| | “while reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with |
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| | government targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. |
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| | (2) | In section 4AA of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) (the principal objective and general |
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| | duties of the Secretary of State and the Authority), at end of subsection (1), insert |
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| | “while reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with |
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| | government targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions.’. |
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| | Information on carbon dioxide emissions |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, make |
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| | regulations requiring companies supplying gas or electricity to specify on |
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| | consumers’ energy bills the volume of carbon dioxide emitted in generating the |
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| | energy supplied in the period to which the bill relates.’. |
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| | Promotion of renewable energy |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 7(2) of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003 (c. 30), for “60,000,000” |
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| | substitute “250,000,000”.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In section 32(8) of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29), in the definition of “renewable |
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| | “(2) | and shall include the use of any gas drawn from a gas network to which |
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| | premises supplied by the supplier are connected where at the time the gas |
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| | is drawn from the network the supplier has arranged for the shipping to |
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| | the consumer at those premises of the same quantity of renewable |
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| | biomethane gas and that quantity has been introduced to the gas |
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| | transmission or distribution system to which the consumer’s premises are |
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| | (2) | In section 124 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), after subsection (5) insert— |
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| | “(6) | For the purposes of this section ‘supplied’ shall include supply of any gas |
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| | or other fuel drawn from a gas or other fuel network to any premises |
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| | where at the time the gas or other fuel is drawn from the network by a |
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| | consumer the supplier has arranged for the shipping to the consumer at |
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| | the same premises of the same quantity of renewable transport fuel and |
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| | that quantity has been introduced to the gas transmission or distribution |
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| | system to which those premises are connected.”’. |
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| | Duties of the regulatory authority |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | For sections 4AA(1) and (2) of the Gas Act 1986 (c.44) substitute— |
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| | “(1) | The principal objective of the Secretary of State and the Gas and |
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| | Electricity Markets Authority (in this Act referred to as “the Authority”) |
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| | in carrying out their respective functions under this Part is to deliver a |
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| | secure and sustainable energy system operating within greenhouse gas |
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| | emission limits notified by the Secretary of State to the Authority in |
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| | accordance with the provisions of the Climate Change Act 2008 [c. ]. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State and the Authority shall carry out those functions |
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| | in the manner which he or it considers is best calculated to further the |
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| | principal objective, having regard to— |
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| | (a) | the protection of the interests of consumers in relation to gas or |
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| | heat conveyed through pipes, through effective competition |
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| | between persons engaged in, or in commercial activities |
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| | connected with, the transportation or supply of gas or heat; and |
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| | (b) | the need to secure that, so far as it is economical to meet them, |
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| | all reasonable demands in Great Britain for gas and heat |
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| | conveyed though pipes are met; and |
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| | (c) | the need to secure that licence holders are able to finance the |
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| | activities which are the subject of obligations imposed by or |
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| | under this Part or the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27).” |
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| | (2) | For section 3(1) and (2) of the Electricity Act 1989 (c.29) substitute— |
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| | “(1) | The principal objective of the Secretary of State and the Gas and |
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| | Electricity Markets Authority (in this Act referred to as “the Authority”) |
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| | in carrying out their respective functions under this Part is to deliver a |
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| | secure and sustainable energy system operating within greenhouse gas |
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| | emission limits notified by the Secretary of State to the Authority in |
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| | accordance with the provisions of the Climate Change Act 2008 [c ]. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State and the Authority shall carry out those functions |
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| | in the manner which he or it considers is best calculated to further the |
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| | principal objective, having regard to— |
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