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| Climate Change Bill [Lords], As Amended |
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| Page 1, line 6 [Clause 1], leave out ‘60%’ and insert ‘80%’. |
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| Page 3, line 29 [Clause 5], leave out ‘26%’ and insert ‘35%’. |
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| Page 16, line 13 [Clause 29], leave out out from ‘kingdom’ to end of line 13. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must ensure that at least 50% of the effort undertaken for |
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| | compliance with section (1) is achieved by emissions reductions and domestic |
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| | (2) | In this section “effort” means the difference between the present UK carbon |
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| | budget and the verified emissions for the previous budgetary period.’. |
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| Page 7, line 16 [Clause 13], leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Prime |
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| Page 7, line 33 [Clause 13], leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Prime |
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| Page 19, line 7 [Clause 35], leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Prime |
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| Page 19, line 11 [Clause 35], leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Prime |
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| Page 22, line 6 [Clause 42], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3) | Any regulations for trading schemes relating to greenhouse gases made under this |
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| | section shall differentiate between the carbon content of electricity generated |
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| | from renewable or low carbon sources and electricity generated from fossil fuel.’. |
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| Page 57, line 40 [Schedule 2], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | The regulations shall ensure that— |
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| | (a) | no participant is treated as being responsible for emissions included in or |
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| | caused by the activities of another participant (whether or not in the same |
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| | (b) | no activity is defined as including or as causing emissions caused by |
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| | (c) | consumers’ choice of suppliers is not restricted directly or indirectly by |
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| | the operation of the regulations; |
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| | (d) | where any consumer elects to purchase electricity supplies from |
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| | suppliers who do not cause emissions in the generation of that electricity |
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| | or who cause emissions in the generation of that electricity at a level |
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| | lower than gas or coal fired electricity generation, that consumer is not |
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| | treated, for the purposes of the relevant scheme, as if he had not made |
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| | (e) | any calculation of emissions associated with any unit of consumption of |
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| | electricity shall be based upon the actual energy source, and the actual |
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| | means of generation of that unit of consumption; |
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| | (f) | any use of the electricity transmission grid for the purpose of the |
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| | distribution of electricity to consumers shall not affect the calculation of |
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| | the emissions attributable to the consumption of electricity by |
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| | (g) | no measure is introduced that directly or indirectly dicourages consumer |
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| | purchase of or investment in energy supply from renewable sources |
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| | (including offsite self supply); |
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| | (h) | schemes do not directly or indirectly dicriminate against energy supplied |
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| | from renewable or low carbon sources.’. |
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| | Electricity emissions labelling scheme |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The relevant national authority require suppliers of electricity products to |
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| | provide a system of labelling on customer and supplier communications in |
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| | respect of those products to provide transparency for consumers and businesses |
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| | (a) | the source of energy used to produce those products; and |
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| | (b) | the carbon dioxide content of those electricity products.’. |
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| | Trading and renewable electricity |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The relevant national authority shall ensure that organisations outside the energy |
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| | sector that invest in the on-site generation of renewable energy are able in relation |
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| | (a) | trade in renewable obligation certificates; and |
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| | (b) | claim the carbon saved.’. |
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| | Investment in renewable electricity |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The relevant national authority shall ensure that arrangements introduced for |
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| | (a) | energy consumption; and |
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| | shall, wherever possible, consistent with the principles of better regulation, |
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| | encourage investment in the generation of renewable electricity in the UK.’. |
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| | Company reporting of greenhouse gas emissions |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Any company that is required to produce a business review under section 417 of |
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| | the Companies Act 2006 (c.46) must have regard to any guidance issued under |
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| | section 80 of this Act when reporting on greenhouse gas emissions. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may by order provide that any company that is required to |
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| | produce a business review that includes information on environment matters |
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| | (including the impact of the company’s business on the environment) under |
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| | section 417(5) of the Companies Act (c.46) must include information on |
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| | greenhouse gas emissions, and in doing so have regard to any guidance issued |
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| | under section 80 of this Act. |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State may by order provide that compliance with guidance |
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| | issued under Section 80 of this Act will be presumed to constitute compliance |
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| | with section 417 of the Companies Act 2006 (c.46). |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State must make provision under either subsection (2) or |
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| | subsection (3) before 1st April 2010. |
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| | (5) | The expiry of the period mentioned in subsection (4) does not affect the power of |
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| | the Secretary of State to make further provision by order under subsections (2) |
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| | (6) | The Secretary of State shall, when setting carbon budget pursuant to section 4 of |
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| | this Act, lay before Parliament a report on any changes to any guidance issued |
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| | hereunder which the Secretary of State believes are necessary to promote the |
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| | achievement of any carbon targets. |
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| | (7) | Any order under this section is subject to affirmative resolution procedure.’. |
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| Page 6, line 31 [Clause 26], leave out paragraph (h) and insert— |
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| | ‘(h) | levels of carbon emissions in (i) other EU states and (ii) internationally |
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| | relative to those in the United Kingdom.’. |
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| Page 2, line 8 [Clause 2], after ‘change’, insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | levels of carbon emissions in major competitor countries relative to international |
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