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(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).”’.

 


 

Access for renewable energy to the electricity and gas grids

 

Dr Desmond Turner

 

Colin Challen

 

Alan Simpson

 

Frank Cook

 

Brian Iddon

 

Dr Ian Gibson

 

Total signatories: 12

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

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


 
 

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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

 

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


 
 

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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

 

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: 11

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

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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Pre-payment meter tariffs

 

Simon Hughes

 

NC23

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Secretary of State must, within 12 months of the date on which this Act is

 

passed,—

 

(a)    

set a target for the removal of the price differential between domestic gas

 

and electricity pre-payment meter tariffs and standard credit tariffs;

 

(b)    

set a target for the reduction of the price differential between domestic

 

gas and electricity pre-payment meter tariffs and direct debit tariffs;

 

(c)    

lay before Parliament in each calendar year following that in which this

 

Act is passed a report on the progress made by energy supply companies

 

about the differential between pre-payment meter tariffs and direct debit

 

tariffs for the domestic supply of gas and electricity.’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

2

 

Page  2,  line  28  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

But subsection (1) is subject to section [Exception for activities carried on partly

 

on land etc].’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

3

 

Page  4,  line  33  [Clause  7],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

But subsections (1) and (2) are subject to section [Exception for activities carried

 

on partly on land etc].’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

4

 

Page  8,  line  39  [Clause  16],  leave out ‘other than’ and insert ‘except’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

5

 

Page  9,  line  13  [Clause  16],  leave out ‘other than the territorial sea adjacent to

 

Scotland’.


 
 

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Mr Secretary Hutton

 

6

 

Page  9,  line  17  [Clause  17],  for ‘Secretary of State’ substitute ‘licensing authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

7

 

Page  9,  line  18  [Clause  17],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The licensing authority is—

 

(a)    

in the case of a licence in respect of activities within section 16(2)(a) to

 

(c) and a controlled place which is not in, under or over the territorial sea

 

adjacent to Scotland, the Secretary of State,

 

(b)    

in the case of a licence in respect of such activities and a controlled place

 

which is in, under or over that territorial sea, the Scottish Ministers,

 

(c)    

in the case of a licence in respect of such activities and a controlled place

 

only part of which is in, under or over that territorial sea, either the

 

Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers, and

 

(d)    

in the case of a licence in respect of activities within section 16(2)(d),

 

whichever of the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers licenses the

 

activities for the purposes of which the installation is established or

 

maintained;

 

    

and in this Chapter references to the licensing authority in relation to a licence

 

falling within paragraph (c) are references to the person who grants the licence or,

 

if the licence has not yet been granted, to whom the application for the licence was

 

made.’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

8

 

Page  9,  line  26  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘The Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Each

 

licensing authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

9

 

Page  9,  line  27  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘licences may be granted’ and insert ‘it may

 

grant licences’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

10

 

Page  10,  line  3  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

11

 

Page  10,  line  15  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

12

 

Page  10,  line  17  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.


 
 

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Mr Secretary Hutton

 

13

 

Page  10,  line  20  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

14

 

Page  10,  line  41  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

15

 

Page  10,  line  47  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

16

 

Page  11,  line  5  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

17

 

Page  11,  line  11  [Clause  20],  leave out ‘The Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Each

 

licensing authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

18

 

Page  11,  line  12  [Clause  20],  after ‘licences’, insert ‘granted by it’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

19

 

Page  11,  line  36  [Clause  22],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

20

 

Page  12,  line  3  [Clause  22],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

21

 

Page  12,  line  20  [Clause  22],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.


 
 

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Mr Secretary Hutton

 

22

 

Page  12,  line  25  [Clause  22],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

23

 

Page  12,  line  34  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

24

 

Page  12,  line  35  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

25

 

Page  12,  line  37  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

26

 

Page  12,  line  40  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

27

 

Page  13,  line  8  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

28

 

Page  13,  line  10  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘licensing

 

authority’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

29

 

Page  13,  line  22  [Clause  25],  at end insert—

 

‘(Z1)    

Where the Scottish Ministers consider it necessary or expedient to restrain any

 

actual or apprehended breach of section 16(1) in relation to a controlled place in,

 

under or over the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland, they may apply to the Court

 

of Session for an interdict.’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

30

 

Page  13,  line  23  [Clause  25],  after ‘any’, insert ‘other’.

 

Mr Secretary Hutton

 

31

 

Page  13  [Clause  25],  leave out line 25 and insert ‘—


 
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