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63625

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Secondment
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 employees of the big six energy companies are currently seconded to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	202242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>There are currently no employees, seconded from any of the big six energy companies, working in the Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 26/06/2014 15:06:10 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

63140

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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 Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to ensure resilience of energy supply for the United Kingdom and its citizens.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government conducts regular assessments to identify risks to energy supply including through the National Risk Assessment and National Security Risk Assessment processes. Government works closely with the supply industry and other stakeholders to ensure there are appropriate mitigation measures in place to strengthen resilience and to protect against risks where it is possible and value for money to do so. For example, supplies of power, gas and fuel across the country were robust to the major flooding earlier this year (though power supplies to flooded properties must be disconnected for safety reasons).</p><p>Further, in the event of a situation which threatened to disrupt energy supplies to customers, Government and industry have robust plans in place to manage and respond to such events, which are exercised on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/06/2014 12:49:09 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

63232

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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 steps he has taken to assess whether the whole of the reduction in costs levied for investment in renewables has been passed on to consumers by energy suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	201834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>In December 2013 the Government announced a package of measures to reduce household bills by an average of around £50 in 2014 compared to what they would have been. The package consisted of a £12 Government Electricity Rebate which will be delivered to customers of all licenced domestic electricity suppliers in autumn 2014 and 2015, proposed changes to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), which will result in £30-£35 off bills, on average, this year and voluntary action by electricity distribution network companies to reduce network costs in 2014/15, which will allow a further one-off reduction of an average of around £5 on electricity bills. All of the big 6 have announced how they will be passing the benefits on to consumers. This is set out in an Energy UK publication available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication/finish/3-factsheets-and-guides/1106-eco-changes-major-energy-suppliers.html" target="_blank">http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication/finish/3-factsheets-and-guides/1106-eco-changes-major-energy-suppliers.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/06/2014 15:12:10 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

63057

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Fracking
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 he has made of (a) the extent to which the future use of shale gas could reduce carbon emissions and (b) how this could contribute to the Government's target for an 80 per cent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	201622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>In September 2013, DECC published a study by Professor David MacKay and Dr Tim Stone which gathered the available evidence on the potential greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from shale gas production and use in the UK and discusses the compatibility of shale gas production and use with UK and global climate change targets. The study concluded that with the right safeguards in place the net effect on GHG emissions from shale gas production in the UK will be relatively small. Indeed emissions from the production and transport of UK shale gas are likely to be lower than imported Liquefied Natural Gas and gas piped from outside Europe, which shale gas is expected to replace.</p><p>DECC's Gas Generation Strategy (2012) and Heat Strategy (2013) both set out the important role gas has to play to maintain adequate capacity margins, meet demand and provide supply-side flexibility whilst keeping emissions within the limits set out in the Carbon Budgets to 2030 and beyond. We need further drilling and testing to establish how much shale gas will be recoverable, but it is likely that domestically produced shale gas would contribute to the overall natural gas mix that is used for both heat and electricity generation, replacing some imported and slightly higher carbon liquefied natural gas.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/06/2014 15:14:13 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

63058

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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 how much renewables subsidies (a) added to industrial electricity bills in 2012-13 and (b) affected the wholesale price of energy.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	201623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>In March 2013 DECC published an assessment of the impact of climate change and energy polices on electricity and gas prices and consumer bills[1]. The report estimated that, in 2013, support costs for renewables added around 10% to electricity bills for energy intensive user (8% in relation to the renewables obligation (RO) and 2% in relation to the small-scale feed-in tariffs (FIT)).</p><p>Increased deployment of low-carbon generation, including renewables, which typically have low generating (and therefore operating) costs, helps to put downward pressure on wholesale electricity prices. It is not possible to split out the impact of renewable support policies on these wholesale price effects from other drivers such as, for example, the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). However, the March 2013 report estimated that the overall wholesale price impact of all low-carbon policies was a reduction in the wholesale price faced by industry of around 30p/MWh in 2013.</p><p>The Government recognises the particular competitiveness issues faced by some industries in terms of their energy costs and has acted to mitigate the impact of energy policies on those industries. This includes the announcement, as part of the 2014 budget that the Government intends to compensate those energy-intensive industries most at risk of higher electricity prices resulting from the RO and the FIT schemes. We expect that compensation will begin in 2016-17, subject to EU state aid clearance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills</a>)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 26/06/2014 15:06:45 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

63059

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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
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 his Department's consumption of (a) gas and (b) electricity in KWH in each month since June 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	201634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>DECC's monthly consumption of gas and electricity since June 2010 can be viewed in the attached appendix. The information provided covers those buildings occupied by the core DECC department where we are directly billed or have estimates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 25/06/2014 10:32:55 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle attachment 1 file name WPQ 201634 appendix.xlsx title DECC monthly gas & elec consumption since Jun 2010
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

63060

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department issues guidance about the protocol of former armed forces personnel using their rank as a title after they have left service.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	201635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not have a policy or guidance on the protocol of former armed forces personnel using their rank as a title after they have left service.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 25/06/2014 10:33:19 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

63061

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average proportion of time is that (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind turbines produce energy.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	201647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the hours of operation of individual wind turbines is not held centrally.</p><p>However, information on load factors, which express the average quantity of electricity produced as a percentage of the maximum achievable (based on installed capacity) are published in table 6.5 of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics, and table 6.1 of Energy Trends; copies of both these publications are available in the House Library and on the gov.uk website.</p><p>The March 2014 edition of Energy Trends showed average load factors for the last quarter of 2013 were 36.9% for onshore turbines and 46.1% for offshore turbines. Data for the first quarter of 2014 will be contained in the next edition of Energy Trends, being released on 26 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 26/06/2014 15:03:18 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

63062

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Renewables Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 764W, on wind power, whether the Government's decision that there will be no further review of the Renewables Obligation scheme before it closes to new generation on 31 March 2017 would stand it were found that (a) wind turbines and (b) other particular renewables could be competitive without subsidies.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	201648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The answer of 4 March 2014 on wind power (Official Report, column 764W) explained that there is no further comprehensive banding review planned for the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme before it closes to new generation on 31 March 2017.</p><p>However, as a principle of responsible budget management, we keep under review whether any further targeted actions or banding reviews for specific technologies may be necessary as a result of, for example, technology costs falling faster than expected. This helps to ensure value for public money and protection of consumers from unnecessary costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 26/06/2014 15:04:22 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

63063

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Renewables Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official report, columns 763-4, on the renewables obligation, when he intends to introduce price competitions for Contracts for Difference; and what assessment he has made of whether the economics of onshore wind will change once this new system is introduced.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	201642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government intends to move to auctioning of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for at least those technologies classified as ‘established' (such as onshore wind) from the first allocation round in October 2014.</p><p>The Government Response to the consultation on our approach to competitive allocation of CfDs published on 13 May 2014, set out our view that there is some scope for further cost reduction in the onshore wind sector, and that the evidence from UK developers suggests that in the years to 2020, the most significant contributor to reduced costs in the UK is likely to be a constrained and competitive allocation framework under which only the lower-cost projects come forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 26/06/2014 15:01:31 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien