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1540892

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change and Environment Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government further to the publication of Zero Hour’s Nature and Climate Declaration on 1 November, what steps are they taking (1) to reduce the full scope of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions reductions in line with limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius, (2) to halt and reverse biodiversity decline by 2030, and (3) to deliver a more ambitious and integrated environmental protection and decarbonisation plan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering net zero emissions by 2050. This is consistent with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to well below 2°C and pursue efforts towards 1.5°C.</p><p>The Environment Act 2021 commits the Government to halting the decline in species in England by 2030, in addition to setting at least one long term target for biodiversity. The Environment Act’s package of new policies, alongside other measures including the Nature for Climate Fund and new Environmental Land Management schemes, will help the Government to reach its targets and tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/11/2022 12:38:31 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1535318

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much consumers were paid back from renewable energy schemes signed up to the Contracts for Difference schemes in the two quarters since April this year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Renewable generators signed up to the Contracts for Difference scheme make payments to energy suppliers, rather than directly to consumers.</p><p>The total CfD payments made to suppliers relating to the last two quarters was:</p><p>£258,813,576.63.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/11/2022 12:22:16 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1520160

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Drax Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what knowledge they had, if any, of renewable energy company Drax purchasing licences to cut down trees from primary forests in Canada to make wood pellets for its power station in Yorkshire, as alleged in the BBC's Panorama investigation, which aired on 3 October.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The regulator Ofgem is responsible for auditing the sustainability of biomass used by biomass electricity generators which receive support under the Renewables Obligation and has a process in place for this. As is routine, Ofgem is establishing whether the biomass sustainability criteria have been met by the generator. These criteria ensure that only sustainable biomass is used to produce renewable electricity. Sustainability information is publicly available on Ofgem’s website.</p><p> </p><p>To receive support generators must follow sustainable management practices that require the maintenance and replanting of the forest, demonstration that deforestation is not occurring where they source material from, and that biodiversity, soil and water are protected, among other requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/10/2022 16:15:19 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1467941

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Contracts for Difference Scheme will contribute to the Energy Bill Support Scheme in its first year of operation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>Funding for the Energy Bills Support Scheme is provided by HM Treasury. It is not provided by the Contracts for Difference scheme, which is the Government’s primary method for supporting new low-carbon electricity generation projects in Great Britain.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/06/2022 15:28:30 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1466076

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure energy consumers benefit from low carbon energy generators paying back the difference between market price and strike price under Contracts for Difference; and how much money has been paid back to date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), which administers Contracts for Difference (CfD), carries out a financial reconciliation of the scheme’s accounts at the end of each fiscal quarter. In April of this year, the LCCC returned £108.3m to British suppliers in respect of repayments made by generators since last autumn. Repayments to suppliers should ultimately be reflected in the tariffs they offer their customers. This is a commercial decision for each supplier.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 13/06/2022 11:07:58 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1465605

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Hydroelectric Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 8 April (HL7358), what is the source for their figure of “less than 1% of total generation capacity”; and whether the economic constraints referred to have changed as a result of price rises over the last year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The source of the assessment of the potential for hydroelectric power in England and Wales is the Hydropower Resource Assessment Report Version 13.0, October 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the level of current wholesale electricity prices, hydro project developers generally require long term power purchase agreements.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/06/2022 14:28:19 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1465606

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Hydroelectric Power: Smart Export Guarantee
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 8 April (HL7358), whether hydro power companies are eligible for the Smart Export Guarantee; and if so, what the mechanism is for them to approach electricity suppliers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Smart Export Guarantee came into force on 1 January 2020 and requires most electricity suppliers to offer a tariff to buy electricity exported by small low-carbon generators, including small hydro. Licensed suppliers with more than 150,000 customers are required to offer at least one SEG tariff to small-scale, low-carbon generators.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/06/2022 14:27:55 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1465607

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Business Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 8 April (HL7358), what the process is for renewable energy generators and storage providers to apply for the exemption from business rates.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Spring Statement 2022, the green plant and machinery exemption applies from April 2022. The Valuation Office Agency will implement this exemption. There will be no need for renewable energy generators or storage providers to apply.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/06/2022 14:25:13 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1459801

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Drax Power Station: Timber
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what data they hold on the proportion of wood pellets used in the Drax Power Station that are sourced from British boreal and temperate forests; and what assessment they have made of the impact of this on keeping those forests intact.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL7876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Data on biomass sourcing is publicly available on Ofgem’s website and information for the latest available year can be accessed there.</p><p>The UK only supports sustainable biomass and generators only receive subsidies for biomass that complies with strict sustainability criteria.</p><p>UK forests are protected by forestry and Environmental Impact legislation in the four administrations of the UK together with the requirements of the UK Forestry Standard, while we have committed to increase annual UK planting rates to 30,000 hectares by the end of this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/04/2022 11:15:20 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1454406

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Hydroelectric Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have updated their assessment of the potential for hydroelectric power, further to the rise in electricity prices; and what assessment they have made of the benefits of introducing a scheme like the Contracts for Difference scheme to encourage the deployment of small-scale hydropower systems.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL7358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government acknowledges the valuable contribution of hydropower to the UK energy mix over many decades. However, economic and environmental constraints mean that in practice the viable remaining resource is less than 1% of total generation capacity, hence it will likely not be a significant contributor to our future generation plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Smart Export Guarantee puts a requirement on most electricity suppliers to offer to buy electricity that is exported to the grid by small-scale generators, and as announced by my Rt hon Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Autumn 2021 Budget and recent Spring Statement, business rates will include an exemption for eligible plant and machinery used in the generation and storage of renewable energy from 1 April 2022 until 31 March 2035.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/04/2022 13:34:12 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb