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46505

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 quantity of biomass consumed by the one per cent of biomass plant that was below 1MW in capacity.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	195006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>We have not made a recent estimate of the quantity of biomass consumed by biomass plant below 1MW in capacity.</p><p> </p><p>However, based on modelling published in the Impact Assessment to the Renewables Obligation Banding Review 2012, we can estimate the theoretical quantity of biomass that would be consumed by 1% of total generating capacity. Assuming all the planned plants were built, this would give a theoretical maximum equivalent to around 150,000 oven dried tonnes per annum in 2016/17. This figure excludes potential capacity changes to plants below 1 MW as a result of the introduction of the 400MW cap for new build dedicated biomass.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

46508

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what involvement his Department had in overseeing the activities of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in awarding the Magnox/RSRL contract; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	194916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is responsible for running the competition to secure a new Parent Body Organisation for Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd in line with its statutory duties and responsibilities under the Energy Act 2004. The competition is run in strict accordance with UK and EU procurement regulations. Oversight and governance is provided by the NDA's Competition Programme Board, on which the Government is represented by the Shareholder Executive (on behalf of DECC), HM Treasury and Infrastructure UK. Formal Government approval will be required before the contract can be awarded in September.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

46509

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 is taking to ensure that the new Fuel Poverty Target will address the specific needs of people affected by conditions such as muscular dystrophy and neuromuscular conditions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough on 26 February 2014, Official Report, Column 416W.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

46510

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on fuel poverty and the use of prepayment meters by the fuel poor.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	194841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Officials in the Department liaise regularly with the Scottish Government on a range of fuel poverty related issues.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

46241

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in (a) Rotherham constituency and (b) South Yorkshire living in fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	194592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is measured at the household level rather than the individual level and detailed data on the age of household occupants is not available at the sub-regional level.</p><p> </p><p>The number of households in fuel poverty in England, which contain at least one child under the age of 16, was 898,000 in 2011. This is equivalent to about 38 per cent of all fuel poor households.</p><p> </p><p>The total numbers of households in fuel poverty, for the areas in 2011 were estimated as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Rotherham constituency – about 3,960 fuel poor households</li></ul><p>(around 11 per cent of all households in the constituency)</p><p> </p><ul><li>South Yorkshire – about 62,750 fuel poor households</li></ul><p>(around 11 per cent of all households in the county)</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

46242

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date he intends to publish the Bioenergy Emissions and Counterfactual calculator.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	194603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change intends to publish the Bioenergy Emissions and Counterfactual calculator during the first half of 2014, as set out during the Commons debate on the Draft Renewables (Amendment) Order 2014, on 20<sup>th</sup> March 2014 by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

46243

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what audit requirements are (a) in place and (b) planned for generating stations over 1Mw in size that use solid biomass or biogas.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	194620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2014, which came into force on 1 April 2014, requires generating stations with a total installed capacity of 1MW and above that use solid biomass or biogas to provide an annual sustainability audit report in respect of the biomass that they use. There are exceptions for landfill gas, sewage gas, municipal waste, manure and for other fuels which do not meet the specific definition of biomass within the Renewables Obligation (RO).</p><p> </p><p>The audit report must be prepared to ISAE3000 standard or its equivalent, and must be prepared by a person who is not the owner or operator of the station or a connected person. In the case of biomass which is not waste or derived from waste, the audit must cover the information provided by the operator of the station in respect of the land criteria or Timber Standard, and greenhouse gas sustainability criteria. In the case of biomass which is waste or derived from waste, the audit must cover the information provided by the operator of the station that the biomass was waste or wholly derived from waste. Other detailed requirements for the audit report are set out in article 54B of the Renewables Obligation Order 2009, as inserted by article 15 of the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2014.</p><p> </p><p>A similar audit requirement is planned to apply to Combined Heat and Power (CHP) stations receiving support under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) if they choose not to source fuel from the RHI Biomass Suppliers List (BSL), a list of suppliers selling sustainable fuel, but instead report against the RHI sustainability criteria to Ofgem.</p><p> </p><p>It is intended that the Contracts for Difference (CfD) awarded for bioenergy under the first Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan will follow the same approach on sustainability audit as set out under the Renewables Obligation.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem, as the administrator of the Renewables Obligation, carries out a programme of audits of accredited generating stations, primarily to guard against fraud and error. This can include stations over 1MW in size that use solid biomass or biogas. They also ensure that a generating station remains an eligible renewable generating station for the purposes of the RO, that Ofgem holds the most up-to-date information for a station, and that the correct number of Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) has been issued to the generator in question. The audits are carried out on a rolling basis, with targeted audits where it is deemed necessary. The CfD Counterparty company will be empowered under the Contracts for Difference to audit any generating station it chooses, with 1 business day's written notice, to check compliance with agreed Fuel Measurement and Sampling procedures.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

46244

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
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 his Department has made of the effect of deterioration in normal operation on the efficiency assumptions for the new combined heat and power classifications.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	194621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>In 2013 the Government reviewed the minimum performance standards for renewable Combined Heat and Power (CHP) set in our Quality Assurance programme. In response to the consultation responses on the proposed revisions we reviewed available data on renewable CHP performance, including deterioration. As a result of this review performance assumptions for new engines/turbines were relaxed in finalising the requirements based on evidence. In respect of deterioration in normal operation the Government reviewed CHP Quality Assurance data on the operational efficiency of eight renewable CHP schemes, each with 2-13 years operational data. Of these, three showed increasing efficiency over time and five showed no discernible increase or decrease over time.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

46245

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether customers phoning Ofgem can speak to an employee in addition to using the automatic system; whether it is Ofgem's policy to advise callers to contact the nearest citizen's advice bureau for queries on energy firms and prices; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	194650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Telephone calls to Ofgem's main telephone number initially lead to an automated system, where complaints or inquiries about an energy company or a need for advice lead to a recorded message advising the person to contact the relevant energy company or Government-funded Citizen's consumer service. If callers wish to speak to a named person, have an inquiry about Ofgem policies or have any other inquiry they will be transferred to a person.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

46247

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress his Department has made in mobilising the mid-scale solar photovoltaic sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	194724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>On Friday 4<sup>th</sup> April I launched the UK's first Solar PV Strategy, which set out our ambition for Solar PV in the UK. Central to this is an emphasis on deployment on Commercial and Industrial buildings as well as domestic roof tops, rather than large scale ground-mounted systems.</p><p> </p><p>The solar strategy sets out a number of wide ranging actions which will encourage deployment in this part of the sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott