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100157

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely total allocation from the levy control framework for (a) feed in tariffs, (b) renewables obligations and (c) projects agreed under the final investment decision-enabling process in each year from 2015 to 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	211400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The projected allocation from the levy control framework for feed in tariffs, the renewables obligation and projects agreed under the final investment decision-enabling process in financial years from 2015/16 to 2020/21 <del class="ministerial">will be</del> <ins class="ministerial">is expected to be</ins> published in an annex (‘DECC’s Consumer Funded Policies – a report to Parliament’) to the Annual Energy Statement.</p><p>Publication of the Annual Energy Statement is expected in Autumn 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:35:38 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:37:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24144 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222480

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	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: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	224816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem are responsible for regulating the electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the setting of the price control review. Ofgem’s latest estimate for the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the DNOs is in the attached table which covers the years 2010-11 to 2013-14. The last year of Distribution Price Control Review 5 (2014-15) is still on-going.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:44 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2015 09:58:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of RORE DNOs Excel.xlsx title Rate of Return on Equity for DNOs 2010-1 to 2013-4 previous answer version 46378 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

100153

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the overall cost to the consumer in 2014 prices of the contract for difference for Hinkley Point C over its 35 year lifetime.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	211349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>We have not made an estimate of the overall cost to the consumer in 2014 prices as the CPI index for the full year is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/10/2014 14:58:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24220 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

101635

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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	Fossil Fuels: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many bids were received in the 14th licensing round for onshore oil and gas.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	212485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The 14<sup>th</sup> Onshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round closed for applications on the 28<sup>th</sup> October 2014, and we have received 95 applications covering in total 295 blocks. (A block for these purposes is a 10x10 km area.) Some blocks were applied for by more than one applicant.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/11/2014 15:49:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25893 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

101636

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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	Fossil Fuels: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he intends to announce the awarding of licences arising from the 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licensing round.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	212486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The assessment of the applications received is in hand, but it is too early to say how soon the necessary work can be completed. We hope to be able to announce licence offers in the early part of 2015.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/11/2014 15:47:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25891 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

169472

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	Power Stations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the dispatch period required to increase capacity at (a) nuclear, (b) combined cycle gas turbine, (c) open cycle gas turbine and (d) coal-fired power stations.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	218065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>A report by independent energy consultants Parsons Brinckerhoff commissioned by this Department considers the flexibility of coal and gas power technologies:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-assessment-of-the-operation-of-coal-gas-fired-plants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-assessment-of-the-operation-of-coal-gas-fired-plants</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below contains information from the report and shows indicative start up times for coal, existing and modern gas combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) and large and aero-derivative open cycle gas turbines (OCGT):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Technology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Notice to Synch* (mins)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Synch to Full Load (mins)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hot Start</strong></p></td><td><p>Coal</p><p>Existing Gas CCGT</p><p>Modern Gas CCGT</p><p>Gas Large OCGT</p></td><td><p>80-90</p><p>15</p><p>15</p><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>50-100</p><p>35-80</p><p>25</p><p>15-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Warm Start</strong></p></td><td><p>Coal</p><p>Existing Gas CCGT</p><p>Modern Gas CCGT</p><p>Gas Large OCGT</p></td><td><p>300</p><p>15</p><p>15</p><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>85</p><p>80</p><p>-</p><p>15-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cold Start</strong></p></td><td><p>Coal</p><p>Existing Gas CCGT</p><p>Modern Gas CCGT</p><p>Gas Large OCGT</p></td><td><p>360-420</p><p>15</p><p>15</p><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>80-250</p><p>190-240</p><p>190</p><p>15-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Starts</strong></p></td><td><p>Gas (Aero) OCGT</p></td><td><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>4-8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*‘Notice to Synch’ is the period of prior notice that a power plant requires to be able to start up the plant to the point of synchronisation.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The current nuclear fleet is not specifically designed for load following and generally plants will operate at their full nominal load. Plants that are offline for maintenance or refuelling will not usually be available to come back on line rapidly as there are a number of safety requirements that must be observed on re-start.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:14:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 33756 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

169476

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	Power Stations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the Cost of New Entry, represented as £/MHh for (a) 800MW OCGT, (b) 800MW CCGT, (c) gas plant sub-20MW and (d) oil plant sub-20MW.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	218064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>DECC’s publishes estimates for the levelised costs of electricity generation for different technologies. The most recent £/MWh estimates are available in the DECC Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013) report, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf</a></p><p>Table 1 below is taken from this report, and shows the central levelised cost estimate for representative CCGT and OCGT plants commissioning in 2016. Estimates are not published for sub 20-MW gas plants or oil plants.</p><p>Table 1: Levelised cost estimates for CCGT and OCGT technologies, technology specific hurdle rates</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£/MWh</p><p>£2012</p></td><td><p>CCGT (gas) *</p></td><td><p>OCGT (gas) *</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Projects commissioning in 2016</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* CCGT: Combined Cycle Gas Turbine, OCGT: Open Cycle Gas Turbine</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that updated cost input assumptions for the range of CCGT and OCGT costs are provided in a Coal and Gas Assumptions report by Parsons Brinkerhoff commissioned by DECC (March 2014). This is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315717/coal_and_gas_assumptions.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315717/coal_and_gas_assumptions.PDF</a></p><p>The levelised cost of a particular generation technology is the ratio of the total costs of a generic plant to the total amount of electricity expected to be generated over the plant’s lifetime (per megawatt hour). Levelised cost estimates are highly sensitive to the assumptions used for capital costs, fuel and EU ETS allowance prices, operating costs, load factor, discount rate and other drivers and this means that there is significant uncertainty around these estimates.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/12/2014 15:41:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 33757 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

171278

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	Fossil Fuels: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what constraints there are on the carbon emissions of fossil fuel plant falling beneath the 20MW threshold.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	219181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Several Government policies apply. These include the Climate Change Levy (CCL), Climate Change Agreements (CCAs) and the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). In addition, this Government has introduced the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) to further encourage business energy efficiency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 06/01/2015 15:20:59 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 37004 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

171280

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	Fossil Fuels: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212486, when he expects the assessment of the applications received under the 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licensing round to be completed; and when he expects to set a date for announcement of the award of licences.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	219197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of the applications is ongoing. We hope to be able to announce licence offers in the early part of 2015.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/01/2015 15:19:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37008 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

171959

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Wind
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate she has made of the mean wind speed in each constituent part of the UK in each month of 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	219685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Based on data from its network of wind observing stations, the Met Office’s estimate of mean wind speed in each of the constituent parts of the UK in each month of 2014 is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p><strong><em>Mean wind speed (knots)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Month (2014)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>UK</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>England</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Northern Ireland</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>13.7</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>16.4</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>12.6</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/01/2015 16:14:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37629 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex