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428504

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of in-home displays need to remain in operation after installation for the smart metering implementation programme to have the potential to deliver overall economic benefit for customers and energy providers.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	16346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are supporting older and vulnerable people to keep warm through support including the Energy Company Obligation and the Warm Home Discount. Over 1.6 million measures have been installed in around 1.3 million households through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) alone.</del></p><br /><p><del class="ministerial">This year, over 2 million households will get help under the Warm Home Discount scheme– including an automatic electricity bill discount of £140 for over 1.3 million of the poorest pensioners. In winter 2014/15, Winter Fuel Payments were made to around 12.5million older people in around 9 million households. The Cold Weather Plan, published by Public Health England, helps to raise awareness of the harm to health from cold, and provides guidance on how to prepare for and respond to cold weather.</del></p><br /><p><del class="ministerial">The Government has also provided around £3 million to fund the creation of the ‘Big Energy Saving Network’ which focuses on helping consumers understand tariffs and switching options as well as how they could benefit from energy efficiency programmes available to them. As we approach winter, DECC officials will continue to maximise awareness of the Energy Saving Advice Service (ESAS –contact number 0300 123 1234), which also provides a referral service for ECO Affordable Warmth.</del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">DECC’s most recent Impact Assessment for the roll-out of smart metering, published in January 2014, estimates a positive net present benefit of £6.2 billion over the period to 2030, with total benefits of £17.1 billion and costs of £10.9 billion.</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Of the £17.1 billion of overall benefits around one third stems from energy savings, for which the In Home Displays (IHDs) are a critical enabler. They are an important first step in wider consumer engagement and behaviour change that can unlock additional economic benefit, for example through the development of a smart grid and more flexible and resilient future energy system.</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Smart metering also enables significant operational efficiency savings within the energy industry, so even without the energy savings benefits the Smart Metering Implementation Programme has the potential to deliver overall economic benefit for UK customers and energy providers.</ins></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/11/2015 13:18:01 question first ministerially corrected 30/11/2015 11:12:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 31788 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

421746

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing net metering; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	12146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>We have not made a specific assessment of the impact which introducing net metering could have on the UK energy system. However, we are currently consulting on the future of the feed-in tariff and will consider all stakeholder views, including any representations on net metering, as part of the government response. The consultation closes on 23rd October 2015.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/10/2015 10:52:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 24664 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

386251

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when her Department plans to publish the Major Projects Authority's assessment of the smart meters programme.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	4571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The Major Projects Authority (MPA) publishes annual reports and specific project performance data is published by departments at the same time. The MPA published its annual report on 25 June 2015:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-authority-annual-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-authority-annual-report-2015</a>.</p><p>In support of the MPA's report, DECC has published data on its projects on the Government Major Projects Portfolio, including the smart meters implementation programme. It is available from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decc-government-major-projects-portfolio-data-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decc-government-major-projects-portfolio-data-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2015 13:26:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 10885 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

386252

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effect of the capital costs of the smart meters programme on households' electricity and gas bills in each decile in the household income distribution range.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	4572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of bill impacts on households is carried out to capture all costs that arise from the roll-out of smart meters and includes capital as well as operational expenditure. DECC has not carried out any assessments of household bills that consider the impacts of capital costs alone, but considers the overall impact of its policies on household bills in the annual report “Estimated Impacts of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills”.</p><p>Evidence from the Energy Demand Research Project (EDRP) trials, published in 2011, has shown that with regards to benefits households in areas with a higher propensity for fuel poverty can benefit at least as much as other households in terms of the percentage energy savings they can realise.</p><p>Furthermore, all households over time stand to gain from the efficiency savings to the energy industry which the smart meter system is expected to generate, regardless of further bill savings from reducing their consumption.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2015 13:27:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 10886 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

386161

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what comparative assessment she has made of the costs and benefits of the use of smart meters for metering (a) gas and (b) electricity consumption.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	4565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>There is a very positive economic case for a combined gas and electricity smart meter roll-out in Great Britain. The latest Impact Assessment estimates a net benefit of £6.2 billion over the period to 2030.</p><p>Mains gas is prevalent in GB, serving around 80% of premises and supplying most cooking and space heating energy requirements.</p><p>The case for including gas meters in the GB smart rollout is compelling. If smart meters were installed for electricity only, energy suppliers would still incur the cost of visiting premises for installations, and they would have to run two systems in parallel – a smart one for electricity, a traditional one for gas. This would involve amongst other things retaining meter reading teams for gas. In addition, consumers would not have access to the information to realise the substantial energy savings related to gas use and heating. Overall, this would reduce the Programme’s Net Present Value significantly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2015 13:25:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 10884 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones