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50409

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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, if he will recconsider the proposal to introduce Contract for Difference auctioning three years earlier than planned.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Dan Byles
	uin	198160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>We have always been clear that auctions can be used to drive value for money, once the market is sufficiently developed. As set out in the Consultation on Competitive Allocation, published by the Department on 16 January 2014, we consider that market conditions are such that for some, more established, technologies this will be the case from the start of the allocation of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) under the enduring arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

50408

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 805W, on renewable energy, what the standard period is for stakeholders to be given to respond to a Government consultation.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Dan Byles
	uin	198159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The amount of time required for stakeholders to respond to a Government consultation will depend on the nature and impact of the proposal and might typically vary between 2 and 12 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

50411

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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 he has made of the impact on independent generators of introduction of Contract for Difference auctioning before the Offtaker of Last Resort is in place.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Dan Byles
	uin	198162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The OLR will support independent renewable generators by providing them with a guaranteed route to market and improving their ability to raise project finance.</p><p> </p><p>My officials have worked closely with developers and other stakeholders in working up the Offtaker of Last Resort proposals. The policy design is already at an advanced stage, and the detail of the proposals has been recently consulted on. We are on track to deliver the final policy and introduce enabling regulations ahead of the first allocation of CfDs. CfD applicants will, therefore, have a high degree of clarity about the arrangements for OLR, well in advance of the first auctions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

50410

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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 he has made of (a) the readiness of markets for a Contract for Difference (CfD) competitive bidding process and (b) the effect on independent generators of early introduction of CfD auctioning.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Dan Byles
	uin	198161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department launched a consultation on our approach to competitive allocation of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in January 2014. This included proposals to move to auctioning of CfDs from the first allocation this autumn. We carefully considered the responses to the consultation before confirming our policy position in the Government Response published on 13 May 2014. Competitive allocation will deliver renewable energy at a lower cost for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>In developing our proposals for the move to competitive allocation, my officials have also worked closely with developers and other stakeholders, including representatives of independent renewable energy generators.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, we are introducing the Offtaker of Last Resort (OLR) to support independent renewable generators by guaranteeing a route-to-market and therefore improving their ability to raise project finance. The policy design is already at an advanced stage, and the detail of the proposals has been recently consulted on. We are on track to deliver the final policy and introduce enabling regulations ahead of the first allocation of CfDs. CfD applicants will, therefore, have a high degree of clarity about the arrangements for OLR well in advance of the first auctions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles