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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

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

381343

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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
	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 her Department has taken to assist energy-intensive industries in preparing contingency plans for requests to reduce their demand for electricity at times of system stress; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Energy-intensive industries already participate in National Grid’s balancing services reducing their consumption at times of high demand. These contracts are on a voluntary, bilateral, and commercial basis.</p><p>Government has committed to two years of ‘Transitional Arrangements’ before the full Capacity Market begins, aimed to support new demand side providers including these industries, to grow and prepare prior to the first year ahead auction in 2017.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 14:34:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381441

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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: Pollution Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what forecast her Department has made of which UK coal-fired power stations will be in compliance with the EU Industrial Emissions Directive when it comes into force.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>One UK coal-fired power station, EON’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar, is expected to have the capability to meet the emissions levels set by the Industrial Emissions Directive when it comes into force on 1<sup>st</sup> January 2016.</p><p>All UK coal fired power stations have elected to be part of the UK’s Transitional National Plan. This gives them until end June 2020 to make the upgrades needed to meet the emissions levels required under the Directive.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 14:31:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381445

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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: 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 she has made of the effect of the carbon price floor and the expected reduction in capacity of coal-fired power plants on future household fuel costs.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the Carbon Price Floor on consumer bills has been assessed in the following report,<em> “Estimated impacts of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills, DECC, 2014”</em>:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/384404/Prices__Bills_report_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/384404/Prices__Bills_report_2014.pdf</a></p><p>The report includes figures for projected average electricity bills in 2014, 2020 and 2030. The cost of anticipated new generation capacity is reflected in these figures.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 14:31:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381447

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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: 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 forecast her Department has made of (a) wholesale and (b) retail electricity prices in (i) 2020, (ii) 2025 and (iii) 2030 as an absolute value in pounds sterling.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>In September 2014 DECC published a set of updated energy and emission projections. <strong>[1]</strong> Annex M of that publication presents the Department’s projections of wholesale and retail prices for a range of users under varying assumptions of fossil fuel prices and economic growth.</p><p>Based on that publication, Table 1 below presents the wholesale electricity price projections for low, central and high fossil fuel scenarios. Table 2 below presents retail electricity price projections for households under low, central and high fossil fuel scenarios.</p><p>Projections for other users (industrial and service sectors) can also be found in Annex M at the link provided. Updated projections will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Wholesale electricity price projections under varying fossil fuel price scenarios. £/MWh, (real 2014 prices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fossil fuel price scenario. </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2030</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>£43</p></td><td><p>£49</p></td><td><p>£51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>£55</p></td><td><p>£69</p></td><td><p>£73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High</p></td><td><p>£74</p></td><td><p>£85</p></td><td><p>£93</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 2: Retail electricity price projections for households under varying fossil fuel price scenarios. £/MWh, (real 2014 prices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fossil fuel price scenario. </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2030</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>£184</p></td><td><p>£201</p></td><td><p>£206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>£193</p></td><td><p>£213</p></td><td><p>£217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High</p></td><td><p>£218</p></td><td><p>£229</p></td><td><p>£234</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> DECC (2014) ‘Updated energy and emission projections 2014’: Available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 14:30:39 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

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