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989488

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is the Government's policy to move away from using coal to generate electricity in the UK; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of higher gas prices on the level of electricity generation from (a) coal and (b) gas.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	180812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ending the use of unabated coal for electricity generation by 2025. Government measures and support for low carbon technologies mean that coal has gone from generating 39% of the UK’s electricity in 2012 to 7% in 2017[i]. Coal’s share of electricity generation was 1.6% for 2018 Q2. Gas’ share of electricity generation was 42% for the same period[ii].</p><p> </p><p>The Department considers and analyses a range of future price scenarios and the effect on anticipated generation from coal and gas; a number of these scenarios are published as part of the BEIS Energy and Emissions Projections[iii]. Changes in gas prices are one of a number of factors that can affect the amount of coal and gas generation on the system at any particular time. Higher gas prices may incentivise some switching from gas to coal due to impacts on gas-fired power plants relative profitability in the short term. While there may be a small increase in the share of coal generation this winter, we do not expect these recent fluctuations to significantly affect the trajectory to the end of unabated coal by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>[i] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p><p>[ii] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a></p><p>[iii] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/10/2018 10:46:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

939958

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has made to Ofgem regarding its Targeted Charging Review and the effect of that review on (a) the steel sector and (b) energy intensive industries in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	163607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>Network charging is a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator, and decisions on the outcome of the Targeted Charging Review are for it to make. However, Government is working to understand the policy implications of any review proposals across a broad range of interests, including the steel sector and energy intensive industries.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem has not yet decided on any option, and plans to consult on a proposed approach later this year. It is continuing to undertake widescale stakeholder engagement, and we are encouraging all interested parties to engage with Ofgem to ensure their perspectives and evidence can be taken into account.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/07/2018 10:51:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

882682

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of which is the cheapest form of electricity generation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	135744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>BEIS’s most recent assessment of electricity generation costs can be found in the generation costs report (2016)[1] which covers both renewable and non-renewable technologies.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently undertaking a review of our evidence on levelised costs of electricity generation.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/566567/BEIS_Electricity_Generation_Cost_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/566567/BEIS_Electricity_Generation_Cost_Report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/04/2018 16:11:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

873630

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2018 to question 128954, what assessment he has made of whether as a result of increased interconnection (a) net employment in the GB electricity generating sector will increase or decrease and (b) UK GDP contribution from the GB electricity generating sector will increase or decrease in real terms.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	134744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>New interconnectors create jobs and contribute to GDP in their construction and ongoing operation. However, we do not hold sufficiently disaggregated data on employment in and GDP contribution from the electricity sector to make a quantitative assessment of the impact of increased interconnection on these points.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2018 10:15:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

860624

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2018 to Question 128954, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased electricity interconnection on (a) net employment in and (b) GDP contribution from the electricity generating sector.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	131981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>New interconnectors create jobs and contribute to GDP in their construction and ongoing operation. However, we do not hold sufficiently disaggregated data on employment in and GDP contribution from the electricity sector to make a quantitative assessment of the impact of increased interconnection on these points.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/03/2018 14:32:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

856926

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure a diverse supply of electricity generation in the next decade.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	131438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>We are investing in new power generation technologies that are diversifying our electricity generation and reducing carbon emissions while ensuring security of supply. The Capacity Market is bringing forward a mix of new generation with large volumes of capacity from interconnectors, demand-side response and new smart technologies such as battery storage clearing in recent auctions alongside more traditional gas plant. We are also seeing ever increasing levels of renewable generation. In 2016 renewables accounted for 25% of UK power half of our generation being low-carbon, a record high.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/03/2018 15:38:16 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

847757

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what role the concept of baseload generation plays in his Department's planning for the future electricity system, allocation plans for contracts for difference and calculation of value for money of different generation sources.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	129433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The concept of baseload refers to generation that operates continually throughout the year. As electricity demand varies widely from day to night and by season, there is a limit to the need for baseload generation which is less than the summer minimum demand. Baseload generation brings both benefits and costs to the system relative to generation that is designed to operate more flexibly or is intermittent.</p><p> </p><p>The electricity system already has many features that reward different types of generation depending on the demands of the system. When considering value for money, Government considers whole electricity system impacts. This includes the benefits of baseload generation relative to other technologies, and the cost of it not being able to increase or decrease output rapidly and of procuring reserve capacity to cover the risk of failure.</p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market is at the heart of the Government’s plans for a reliable energy system; it secures the capacity required to meet peak demand through auctions held four and one year ahead of delivery. It supports technically reliable existing plant to remain in the market and, as coal and other ageing plant retire, it will strengthen incentives for new plant to be financed and built.</p><p> </p><p>The Contracts for Difference scheme allocates support using a competitive auction process to projects with the lowest price bids, which drives efficiency and cost reduction. The scheme has been a success in delivering substantial new investment and helping to deliver significant reductions in the costs of some renewable technologies. We keep it under review in order to ensure it continues to operate effectively and deliver value for money to the consumer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/03/2018 09:09:16 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

846285

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the contribution to the economy of UK-based energy generation; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of jobs supported in the UK by that industry.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	128954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>As set out in table 1, the energy sector directly contributed 2.3% of GDP, or £40.2 billion, to the UK economy in 2016 and directly employed 178,000 people. Further jobs are supported indirectly, for example, an estimated 152,000 were employed in support of UK oil and gas extraction, while the ONS separately estimate that the low carbon electricity sector employed 40,500 in the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Contribution to GDP and direct employment of the UK energy sector in 2016</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Contribution to GDP</p></td><td><p>Employment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal extraction</p></td><td><p>0.002%</p></td><td><p>1,936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil and gas extraction</p></td><td><p>0.78%</p></td><td><p>32,192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Refining</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>3,887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>1.03%</p></td><td><p>87,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>0.37%</p></td><td><p>47,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear fuel processing</p></td><td><p>0.07%</p></td><td><p>4,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.33%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>178,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Tables 1 and 2 of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/631147/UK_Energy_in_Brief_2017_dataset.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/631147/UK_Energy_in_Brief_2017_dataset.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/03/2018 16:06:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

780664

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of generating units that have signed capacity agreements list their primary fuel type as diesel.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	110224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Since the most recent Capacity Auctions (Winter 2016/17), Capacity Market Units have been required to specify their primary fuel type.</p><p>In both Winter 2016/17 auctions (the four-year-ahead (T-4) Auction and the Early Auction), Capacity Market Units identifying as ‘diesel’ accounted for just over 1% of the total capacity secured, but only a tiny fraction (55MW, 0.05%) were new projects.</p><p>A further breakdown of this figure is outlined as such (all figures in this table have been rounded up or down to the nearest whole number):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016/17 T-4 Auction</p></td><td><p>2016/17 Early Auction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total capacity of generating units listed as diesel</p></td><td><p>702 MW</p></td><td><p>724 MW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capacity of new build diesel units</p></td><td><p>20 MW</p></td><td><p>35 MW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capacity of Open Cycle Gas Turbine units listed as diesel</p></td><td><p>605 MW</p></td><td><p>566 MW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capacity of Reciprocating engines listed as diesel</p></td><td><p>89 MW</p></td><td><p>78 MW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capacity of Demand Side Response listed as diesel</p></td><td><p>8 MW</p></td><td><p>23 MW</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Some Capacity Market Units specify their primary fuel type as ‘gas or diesel’ – these are not included in the above figures.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/11/2017 16:07:28 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

759862

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy for the UK to become self-sufficient in electricity production after March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is maintaining affordable, clean and secure energy supplies for businesses and households. Interconnectors deliver effectively on these aims as part of our modern industrial strategy and will continue to be an important part of our electricity supply. Our capacity market ensures security of electricity supply by providing all forms of capacity the right incentives to be on the system and to deliver energy when needed.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/09/2017 09:40:14 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies