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| | Clause 16, page 13, line 12, after ‘them’, insert ‘and gas storage for them’. |
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| | Clause 16, page 13, line 14, leave out ‘or the Authority (as the case may be)’. |
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| | Clause 16, page 13, line 18, leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘,’. |
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| | Clause 16, page 13, line 19, after ‘pipes’, insert ‘or gas storage’. |
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| | Clause 16, page 13, line 22, leave out ‘or the Authority’. |
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| | Clause 17, page 14, line 23, leave out ‘or the Authority (as the case may be)’. |
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| | Clause 17, page 14, line 31, leave out ‘or the Authority’. |
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| | Clause 18, page 16, line 21, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(d) | the establishment of a competition for the construction of undersea high |
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| | | voltage direct current cables for the purposes of connecting offshore |
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| | | electricity generation to the onshore grid.’. |
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| | Clause 18, page 16, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | the minimum notice period by which the licence holder must inform their |
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| | | customers of any change in their energy tariffs.’. |
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| | Clause 26, page 21, line 36, at beginning insert ‘With effect from 1 June 2010’. |
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| | Clause 26, page 22, line 1, leave out subsection (3). |
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| | Clause 27, page 22, line 6, leave out ‘considers’ and insert ‘discovers’. |
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| | Clause 27, page 22, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | liquid petroleum gas for domestic use customers; |
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| | | (e) | fuel oil for domestic use customers.’. |
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| | Clause 27, page 22, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | as respects a relevant liquid petroleum gas for domestic use customer; |
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| | | (e) | as respects a fuel oil for domestic use customers.’. |
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| | Clause 27, page 22, line 37, at end insert ‘, or |
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| | | (c) | the method by which the customer pays their energy bill’. |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | This would allow the Government to take into account differentials in charges between prepay cus |
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| | | tomers and direct debit customers when considering the adjustment of charges to help disadvan |
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| | | Carbon emissions performance standard |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make provision by regulations for a carbon emissions |
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| | | performance standard to set the maximum level of carbon dioxide that may be |
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| | | emitted for each unit of output by any new coal fired electricity generating |
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| | | (2) | The emissions performance standard shall come into effect immediately on |
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| | | passage of this Act and will be progressively lowered so that new coal fired power |
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| | | stations will produce no carbon emissions from 2020.’. |
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| | | Emissions performance standard |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may by regulation introduce an Emissions Performance |
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| | | Standard to apply to all electricity generation plants. |
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| | | (2) | In this section “Emission Performance Standard” means a restriction on the |
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| | | amount of carbon dioxide that electricity generation plants are permitted to emit.’. |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may by regulations introduce a scheme whereby every |
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| | | household shall have an entitlement for household energy efficiency measures. |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State may by regulations require suppliers to add repayment |
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| | | charges to household electricity bills over a period to be set by the Secretary of |
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| | | (3) | The Secretary of State may by regulations modify the Metering Point |
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| | | Administration Service to allow access to the data for the disbursement and |
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| | | repayment of the entitlement. |
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| | | (4) | A support scheme may make provision about arrangements to be made by scheme |
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| | | suppliers to ensure that, so far as is practicable, scheme customers receive the |
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| | | benefits to be provided under the scheme, which may in particular include |
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| | | (a) | arrangements for enabling scheme suppliers to identify scheme |
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| | | (b) | arrangements for drawing to the attention of scheme customers— |
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| | | (i) | the fact that benefits are available under the scheme, and |
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| | | (ii) | ways of applying for those benefits; |
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| | | (c) | arrangements for providing the benefits.’. |
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| | | Transparency on energy bills |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may modify— |
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| | | (a) | a condition of the licence of section 11A of the Electricity Act 1989 |
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| | | (transmission licences and supply licences) to make provision on energy |
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| | | bills for information on the cheapest tariff available to the customer from |
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| | | (b) | a condition of the licence of section 23 (1) (b) of the Gas Act 1986 |
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| | | (transmission licences and supply licences) to make provision on energy |
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| | | bills for information on the cheapest tariff available to the customer from |
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| | | (c) | the standard conditions incorporated in licences under those provisions |
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| | | (d) | a document maintained in accordance with the conditions of licences |
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| | | under those Acts, or agreement that gives effect to a document so |
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| | | Carbon emissions performance standard |
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| | Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make provision by regulations or otherwise for a |
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| | | carbon emissions performance standard to set the maximum level or levels of |
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| | | carbon dioxide that may be emitted per unit of output by all individual generating |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State shall review the emissions performance standard |
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| | | established under section (1) no less frequently than every three years. |
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| | | (3) | In establishing the level or levels of the carbon dioxide emissions performance |
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| | | standard in section (1), and in carrying out the review required in section (2), the |
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| | | (a) | take into account the most up-to-date scientific knowledge about climate |
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| | | (b) | obtain and take into account the advice of the Committee on Climate |
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| | | Change, particularly in relation to carbon budgets, medium and long- |
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| | | term emission reduction targets, and future emissions from the electricity |
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| | | (4) | The Secretary of State must introduce the standard under section (1) no later than |
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| | | 12 months from the date on which this Act is passed.’. |
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| | | Schemes for reducing fuel poverty: further provisions |
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| | | ‘(1) | In this Part “benefits” may include benefits other than direct financial benefits. |
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| | | (2) | A scheme may include the provision of new or under-utilised technologies that |
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| | | may, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, lessen the fuel bills of persons in |
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| | | fuel poverty risk groups. |
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| | | (3) | In order to determine the benefits of the technologies referred to in subsection (2) |
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| | | the Secretary of State shall— |
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| | | (a) | consider and report to Parliament on the following technologies: |
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| | | (i) | passsive flue gas heat recovery systems (“PFGHR”), |
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| | | (ii) | voltage optimisation technologies, |
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| | | (iii) | standby down-powering technologies, |
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| | | (iv) | dynamic demand technologies, |
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| | | (v) | district network connection technologies, and |
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| | | (vi) | such other technologies as he thinks appropriate; and |
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| | | (b) | include PFGHR systems and any other technologies that he deems |
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| | | appropriate pursuant to paragraph (a)(vi) above in the consultation that |
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| | | he carries out pursuant to section (2) of the Green Energy (Definition and |
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| | | “PFGHR systems” means technology that can use the waste heat from |
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| | | condensing boilers in order to heat water; |
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| | | “voltage optimisation technologies” are technologies that lower the input of |
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| | | voltage to electrical equipment from that at which electricity is currently |
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| | | “standby down-powering technologies” are methods by which electrical |
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| | | equipment is turned off, or reduced, during periods of non-use. |
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| | | “dynamic demand” has the same meaning as in the Climate Change and |
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| | | Sustainable Energy Act 2006; |
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| | | “district network connection technologies” are technologies that enable |
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| | | consumers to link up to lower cost and lower polluting local energy |
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