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515814

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	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	Coal Fired Power Stations: Closures
	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 she is taking to ensure that the closure of coal-powered stations does not lead to electricity shortages.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	35663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>We knew some old coal powered stations would likely be closing and we have already taken steps to ensure security of supply for the coming winters. National Grid has procured 3.6GW of reserve capacity for this coming winter. Looking further ahead, the Capacity Market is designed to drive new investment to help keep the lights on, as well as getting the best out of our existing power stations and we have recently consulted on proposals to introduce the Capacity Market a year early, from 2017/18. A response to the consultation will be published shortly</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/04/2016 12:38:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

391759

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Electricity Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the electricity produced in the UK derives from each principal method of electricity production.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	8218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows electricity supplied in the UK by fuel type for the calendar year 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong><em>UK electricity generation by fuel type</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>TWh</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% share</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal</p></td><td><p>100.7</p></td><td><p>29.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>100.9</p></td><td><p>29.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>63.7</p></td><td><p>18.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro (natural flow)</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wind and Solar</p></td><td><p>36.1</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>- of which, Offshore</em></p></td><td><p><em>13.4</em></p></td><td><p><em>4.0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bioenergy</p></td><td><p>23.2</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pumped Storage</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other fuels</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>338.9</p></td><td><p> </p><p>100</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Renewables are made up of hydro (natural flow), wind and solar (which includes wave tidal) and bioenergy. This makes up 65.2 TWh (a 19.2% share) of total generation.</p><p><em>Source: Energy Trends, table 5.1. Available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a>.</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 8214 question first answered 07/09/2015 08:46:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

391760

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Renewable 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 proportion of the UK's electricity was derived from renewable sources in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	8214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows electricity supplied in the UK by fuel type for the calendar year 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong><em>UK electricity generation by fuel type</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>TWh</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% share</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal</p></td><td><p>100.7</p></td><td><p>29.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>100.9</p></td><td><p>29.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>63.7</p></td><td><p>18.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro (natural flow)</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wind and Solar</p></td><td><p>36.1</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>- of which, Offshore</em></p></td><td><p><em>13.4</em></p></td><td><p><em>4.0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bioenergy</p></td><td><p>23.2</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pumped Storage</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other fuels</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>338.9</p></td><td><p> </p><p>100</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Renewables are made up of hydro (natural flow), wind and solar (which includes wave tidal) and bioenergy. This makes up 65.2 TWh (a 19.2% share) of total generation.</p><p><em>Source: Energy Trends, table 5.1. Available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a>.</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 8218 question first answered 07/09/2015 08:46:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

515812

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	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	Electricity Interconnectors
	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 the Government is taking to support international electricity connectors.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	35661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing electricity interconnection with projects that support our energy objectives.</p><p> </p><p>A number of interconnection projects are already progressing under Ofgem’s regulatory regime1, designed to bring forward interconnection investment in the interest of GB consumers. This includes projects to France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark and Ireland, which have been assessed by Ofgem as offering over £11.8bn in consumer benefits. A second window for applications for the cap and floor project is open until 31 October and the Government is keen to see more projects coming forward that can deliver strong consumer benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also supported a number of mature interconnector projects to benefit from access to European grant funding as Projects of Common Interest.</p><p> </p><p>Together these projects represent billions of pounds of infrastructure investment and aim to more than double our interconnection capacity by the early 2020s. This will make Britain more energy secure and will help lower consumer bills.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Source, Ofgem <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/decision-roll-out-cap-and-floor-regime-near-term-electricity-interconnectors" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/decision-roll-out-cap-and-floor-regime-near-term-electricity-interconnectors</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/04/2016 14:13:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

449367

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	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: Closures
	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 she has made of how much dispatchable electricity capacity will be lost in 2016 due to planned power station closures.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	24967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>It is estimated that the total conventional capacity installed in 2016/17 will be 58.1 – 59.1GW[1]. This represents closures of around 0.5GW - 1.8GW[2] between 2015/16 and 2016/17 and reflects the July 2015 Future Energy Scenarios outlook.</p><p>However, for 2016/17, National Grid have already secured 3.6GW of capacity within their Contingency Balancing Reserve, in which additional power stations are held to provide security in times of system stress. This extra capacity will help us to ensure we meet the GB 3 hour LOLE reliability standard and will be sufficient to maintain security of supply even in the toughest system conditions.</p><p>In addition to the Contingency Balancing Reserve, from 2018, the Capacity Market will ensure that retiring plant can be replaced by new investment by providing additional secure investment for both existing and new electricity generators</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] As presented in Ofgem’s Capacity Assessment 2015, including Nuclear.</p><p>[2] Figures presented in this response are not de-rated to reflect expected availability at Winter peak.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/02/2016 14:49:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

449366

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many times a Notice of Insufficient Margin has been issued in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	25189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>In the past three years, National Grid have issued one Notice of Inadequate System Margin (NISM). This was issued on 4 November 2015.</p><p> </p><p>National Grid requires a safety cushion to be able to manage the system in real time and a NISM is a call to the market to maintain that safety cushion. This gives generators in the market the opportunity to provide additional generation ahead of National Grid instructing plant and demand side response held in the Contingency Balancing Reserve, if required. It is not an indication that demand is about to outstrip supply.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/02/2016 12:44:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

391761

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Renewable 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 proportion of the UK's energy was derived from renewable sources in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	8215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>In 2014, under the Renewable Energy Directive measure, 7.0 per cent of the UK’s gross final energy consumption was derived from renewables.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: Table DUKES 6.7, Digest of UK Energy Statistics, 2015, available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 08:47:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

416635

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Carbon Emissions: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what studies examining the effect of carbon dioxide on temperature and climate change have received financial support from her Department in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	8908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>During the last five years, the Department has co-funded, with Defra, the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme, which delivers scientific evidence on climate variability and change. The effect of carbon dioxide on temperature and climate change is one of the many research topics covered by the programme. More information can be found on the programme website: <a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/publicsector/climate-programme" target="_blank">http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/publicsector/climate-programme</a>.</p><p>In addition, the Department has, since 2009, financially supported two separate phases of the AVOID Research Programme (2009-2013 and 2014-2016), both of which have involved rigorous examination of the effect of carbon dioxide on temperature and climate change. Reports summarising the analyses are available on the programme website: <a href="http://www.avoid.uk.net/" target="_blank">www.avoid.uk.net</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/09/2015 14:24:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

449368

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	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	Electricity
	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 total dispatchable electricity capacity was in January (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015 and (d) 2016; and what estimate she has made of that capacity in January (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (iii) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	24968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Dispatchable electricity, as defined by National Grid, comprises of generation that can be switched on and off at relatively short notice. This does not include substantial capacity in the GB mix such as nuclear and wind generation.</p><p>The attached table outlines both expected Pre-Winter dispatchable capacity[1], as per the relevant National Grid Winter Outlook publications and the 2015 Future Energy Scenarios Slow Progression projection of available capacity.</p><p><br>Post-2015/16 figures represent the Slow Progression July 2015 outlook of generation background. We take energy security very seriously and monitor the commercial outlook of supply frequently alongside National Grid and Ofgem.</p><p>The trend of declining conventional capacity has arisen due to margins in preceding years being unnecessarily large because of the recession. The drop off in capacity is a symptom of returning to the kinds of margins we were used to pre-recession and to reflect improvements in energy efficiency as well as increasing levels of renewable technologies coming on to the system.</p><p>Our priority is to ensure that British families and business have access to secure affordable energy supplies that they can rely on. National Grid have a number of tools to ensure a secure supply of electricity including Contingency Balancing Reserve, in which additional power stations are held to provide security in times of system stress. This extra capacity will help us to ensure we meet the GB 3 hour LOLE reliability standard and will be sufficient to maintain security of supply even in the toughest system conditions.</p><p>In addition to the Contingency Balancing Reserve, from 2018, the Capacity Market will ensure that retiring plant can be replaced by new investment by providing additional secure investment for both existing and new electricity generators</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/02/2016 16:13:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom attachment 1 file name Winter Outlook Figures.doc.docx title Table providing capacity figures
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

515813

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	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	Coal Fired 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 steps she is taking to keep coal plants open.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	35662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>Decisions on plant closures are commercial matters for the plant owners. However, we recently consulted on changes to the Capacity Market, which included proposals for an early Capacity Market auction for the 2017/18 delivery year to mitigate the security of supply impact of potential early plant closures. If we go ahead with this proposal, coal plants will be eligible to participate.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 November we announced plans to close all unabated coal-fired power stations by 2025. Achieving this goal would make the UK one of the first developed countries to deliver on a commitment to take coal off the system. However, we have been clear that we would only proceed with these plans if we are confident that the shift to new gas generation can be achieved within these timescales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2016 12:44:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies