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381201

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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 the planned capital investment requirements are for the new generating capacity required to replace closing electricity plants; and what estimate she has made of the cost per Mwh of electricity generated by such plants in comparison with current electricity market prices.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Large capital investment is planned for the GB electricity sector not only in the context of ageing plants, but upgrading network infrastructure, meeting decarbonisation objectives and maintaining security of supply. Between 2010 and 2013, we estimate over £45 billion private sector investment in electricity generation and networks. We have estimated further capital investment requirements to be up to £100bn between 2014 and 2020. We have not estimated the proportion of this investment that relates directly to replacing ageing plants.</p><p>For DECC’s most recent published estimates of the costs per MWh for a range of generation technologies, please refer to the levelised cost estimates published in the Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013) report which can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 14:30:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381202

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	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 information her Department holds on UK coal plants that intend to cease operations before June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Scottish &amp; Southern Energy (SSE) has announced that it will close its Ferrybridge coal-fired power station by 31 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 13:19:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381203

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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 Capture and Storage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what timetable she has set for the completion of the carbon capture and storage commercialisation competition; and what progress her Department has made towards the announcement of a contract for difference for carbon capture and storage.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Under the CCS Commercialisation Programme, the Government is supporting the Peterhead and White Rose CCS projects to complete their detailed project designs. The companies involved are expected to make final investment decisions in late 2015, with Government taking a decision in the first quarter of 2016. Subject to final investment decisions, Government has made up to £1bn available to offset the capital cost of the projects and further support will be available through a tailored Contract for Difference.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 12:56:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381205

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she last met with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss the carbon price floor and its effect on energy intensive industry.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues on a variety of topics.</p><p>Details of meetings between Ministers and external organisations are published quarterly on the Departmental website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 2424 2437 2438 2439 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:55:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381206

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Environment Protection: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury concerning the effect of the carbon price floor on UK energy security; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues on a variety of topics.</p><p>Details of meetings between Ministers and external organisations are published quarterly on the Departmental website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 2436 2437 2438 2439 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:55:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381207

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	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 information her Department holds on which coal-fired power plants will be available for electricity generation in (a) 2017, (b) 2020 and (c) 2023; and what the generating capacity in mega watts will be for each plant in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s Updated Emissions and Energy Projections published in 2014 includes an estimate for the total amount of available coal-fired electricity generation capacity in Great Britain:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368021/Updated_energy_and_emissions_projections2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368021/Updated_energy_and_emissions_projections2014.pdf</a>.</p><p>The relevant figures are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capacity – GW*</strong></p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>*DECC EEP reference case (2014) – Unabated coal capacity based on a scenario of average carbon intensity of electricity generation of 100g CO<sub>2</sub>/kWh in 2030</em></p><p>The position of individual plants is a matter for plant operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 13:21:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381208

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Environment Protection: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she last met with representatives of the (a) coal industry and (b) coal fired electricity generating sector to discuss the effects of the carbon price floor on those sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues on a variety of topics.</p><p>Details of meetings between Ministers and external organisations are published quarterly on the Departmental website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 2424 2436 2438 2439 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:55:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381209

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Environment Protection: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she last met with the Secretary of State for Wales to discuss the impact of the carbon price floor on Welsh energy security.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues on a variety of topics.</p><p>Details of meetings between Ministers and external organisations are published quarterly on the Departmental website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 2424 2436 2437 2439 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:55:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381210

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Environment Protection: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she last met with the Secretary of State for Scotland to discuss the effect of the carbon price floor on Scottish energy security.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues on a variety of topics.</p><p>Details of meetings between Ministers and external organisations are published quarterly on the Departmental website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 2424 2436 2437 2438 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:55:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381214

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Nuclear 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 the (a) fuel type and (b) individual generating capacity expressed as a proportion of the total maximum UK demand for electricity is for each (i) operating and (ii) mothballed UK-based nuclear generating unit.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The fuel type for UK nuclear electricity generation is Uranium.</p><p>Total simultaneous maximum load (total peak demand) met in 2013 was 51,811 MW in Great Britain – (Northern Ireland is excluded because their network is attached to the Irish Grid). <strong>[1]</strong></p><p>Table 1 shows the current operating plants alongside their percentage of the total peak GB demand mentioned above. We do not have any mothballed UK-based nuclear generation.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Table 1 – Operating plants installed capacities (Sum total may not add up due to rounding)</em></strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Operating Plants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Installed capacity/ MW</strong><sup>a</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>% of total peak GB demand</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wylfa 1</strong></p></td><td><p>Magnox</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dungeness B 1&amp;2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool 1&amp;2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1180</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Heysham I-1 &amp; I-2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1155</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Heysham II-1 &amp; II-2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1220</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hinkley Point B 1&amp;2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hunterston B 1&amp;2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>960</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Torness 1&amp;2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1185</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sizewell B</strong></p></td><td><p>PWR</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total: 16 units</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>9373</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338750/DUKES_2014_printed.pdf</p><p>(Table 5.10, pg. 144 -152)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/337649/chapter_5.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/337649/chapter_5.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 14:56:18 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies