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77932

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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, for what reason a Renewable Obligation Certificate banding review for cuts to the large-scale PV Renewable Obligation band in 2015 and 2016 was ruled out as an option in the recent Renewables Obligation consultation.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government may carry out a banding review of RO support in England and Wales for any technology at any time if certain legislative conditions are met. As indicated in our consultation document and impact assessment, it is not clear that any of the conditions are met to trigger a banding review of solar support at this time. These are available on DECC's web page:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/07/2014 16:11:30 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77933

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Solar 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 steps his Department is taking to deliver the Government's aim of 20 GWp of solar PV by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government set out the measures it intends to take to promote deployment of solar PV in the UK Solar PV Strategy published in April:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/302049/uk_solar_pv_strategy_part_2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/302049/uk_solar_pv_strategy_part_2.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Final EMR Delivery Plan indicated that about 11-12 GWp of solar PV could be deployed in UK by the end of the decade. Scope for more ambitious deployment, perhaps approaching 20GW early in the next decade, will be predicated on a number of factors being fulfilled, notably the sector moving towards grid parity over the next few years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 22/07/2014 11:55:15 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77950

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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, what estimate he has made of the total amount of Levy Control Framework budget spent on the Renewables Obligation in 2013-14; and what his forecast is for Renewables Obligation spend in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Total expenditure on the Renewables Obligation (RO) in 2013/14 is estimated to be approximately £2.6 billion. This is calculated by multiplying the provisional obligation for the year, 61.5 million ROCs, by the buy-out price for that year, £42.02. The final obligation, and therefore overall spend, will not be confirmed until October 2014.</p><p>Forecast expenditure on the RO in 2014/15 is approximately £3.1 billion. This is based on the provisional obligation for the year, 72.3 million ROCs, multiplied by this year’s buy-out price, £43.30.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 22/07/2014 14:34:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77951

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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 assessment he has made of National Audit Office analysis indicating that £29 million will be available for Contracts for Difference contracts in 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Indicative CfD budgets, including for Contracts for Difference contracts in 2015-16, will be published later this month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 16:06:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77598

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Solar Power: 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, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount of large-scale solar PV to be deployed in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Under the proposal, it was estimated that the move to CEPs and closure of the Renewables Obligation (RO) to solar &gt;5MW from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2015 would lead to 2.0-4.0GW of large-scale solar deployed under the RO by the end of 2015/16 (2.9GW in the central scenario).</p><p>In addition, estimates of potential deployment under Contracts for Difference (CfDs) will depend on the outcome of CfD auctions.</p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey question first answered 22/07/2014 15:51:05 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey previous answer version 11104 answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77599

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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 total cost to consumers over the next 25 years of contract for difference and renewables obligation levy payments for (a) new nuclear, (b) offshore wind, (c) onshore wind, (d) hydro and (e) large-scale solar PV.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Contract for Difference and Renewables Obligation levy payments over 25 years will depend on a number of factors for example the post-2020 deployment pathway, strike price degression, long term electricity prices and the timing of moves to a competitive price discovery process). For a detailed assessment of EMR, including cost-benefit analysis and consumer bill impacts, please refer to the Delivery Plan Impact Assessment1.</p><p>The Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan2 set out strike prices for renewable technologies for the period 2014/15 to 2018/19. They provide a basis for renewable electricity to achieve at least 30 per cent of generation by 2020, in line with the EU renewables target. The generation mix beyond the period of the first Delivery Plan, from 1st April 2019, will be influenced by how individual technologies develop in the coming decade. We are committed to maximising value for money for consumers.</p><p>Chapter 6 of the Delivery Plan describes potential deployment requirements beyond 2020. It explores three levels of carbon intensity and three technology deployment scenarios as an illustration of a range of alternative pathways to meeting our post-2020 objective to reduce carbon emissions by at least 80% of 1990 levels by 2050. These scenarios are indicative: the electricity generation mix through the 2020s is unlikely to match any one of these scenarios exactly.</p><p>As an indicative estimate, the ranges of costs in the six scenarios set out in Chapter 6 of the Delivery Plan are shown in the table below3. Costs are aggregated over the next 25 years from 2015 to 2040, discounted to 2012 and in 2012 prices.</p><p><strong>Indicative range of levy payments from 2015-2040 (£bn, real 2012)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>RO payments</p></td><td><p>CfD payments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1-47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>12-13</p></td><td><p>17-79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>11-12</p></td><td><p>&lt;2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro</p></td><td><p>&lt;1</p></td><td><p>&lt;1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Large-scale solar PV</p></td><td><p>&lt;2</p></td><td><p>&lt;2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DECC Modelling</em></p><p>The Levy Control framework, already agreed to 2020/21, is in place to control future costs to consumers and ensure these policies achieve their objectives cost effectively and affordably.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288463/final_delivery_plan_ia.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288463/final_delivery_plan_ia.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>2 </em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/268221/181213_2013_EMR_Delivery_Plan_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/268221/181213_2013_EMR_Delivery_Plan_FINAL.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>3</em><em> Scenario with 100g CO2/kWh in 2030; Deployment Mix with Lower Grid Carbon Intensity in 2030 (50g CO2/kWh); Deployment Mix with Higher Grid Carbon Intensity in 2030 (200g CO2/kWh); Scenario showing higher deployment rates of CCS; Scenario showing higher deployment rates of nuclear generation; Scenario showing higher deployment rates of offshore wind</em></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 13:24:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 11103 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77608

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will next review the 2.4-4GWp range for large-scale deployment of solar PV to 2020-21 indicated in the Electricity Market Reform delivery plan: solar PV and other technology feed-in tariffs up to 50 kWp; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We plan to re-assess the likely deployment ranges for all low carbon technologies, including that for large scale solar PV, in the 2015 update to the electricity market reform delivery plan. We will consider the amount of small-scale solar deployed to-date as part of the feed-in tariff scheme review planned for 2015.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 13:20:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 11107 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas