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HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to open the debate on the Great British Energy Bill and to welcome the interest shown by so many noble Lords. I particularly welcome the maiden…18 Nov 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I begin by thanking all noble Lords who have taken part in this—yet again—very interesting debate about energy, climate change and the future. I particularly welcome the…18 Nov 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillWe are. There is always going—18 Nov 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am not alarmist at all. I rely on report after report showing the consequences. Shall we turn to our own independent Climate Change Committee? The noble Lord supported the…18 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: CostsI hope I have not just announced a new position. The position is that they are now going through a technology appraisal, which will take a matter of months. At that stage, the…14 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: CostsMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to respond to this morning’s debate and I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Frost, on initiating it. We have had an interesting discussion on many…14 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, Ofgem’s investigation found that Drax had failed to report data accurately. Data misreporting is a serious matter and the Government expect full compliance with all…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, on the issue of data, I have checked with Ofgem. At the moment, it has no reason to think that Drax is not compliant, but it will not hesitate to act if required. On the…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, it is clearly very important that companies in receipt of the ROC payments—and, indeed, where their biomass electricity generation is classified as low-carbon—are acting…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord. I have seen the media reports, but I have to say to the House that it is the responsibility of Ofgem to make judgments as to whether a…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, first, it is not for Ministers to tell Ofgem how to regulate; we have to rely on its rigorous approach. Secondly, in the US and Canada, we depend on the rigorousness of…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, I do not recognise what the noble Baroness says. It is true that Drax is an emitter of carbon but that is offset—netted off—by the new forestry growth that takes place…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, I realise that it sometimes sounds counterintuitive. None the less, the carbon emitted during the supply-chain process, and in the process at Drax and places like it, is…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationI remind the noble Lord that policy costs on bills have increased from £115 on average in 2010 to an estimated £309 in 2024, so a lot of this increase occurred under his…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, I think that, by implication, my noble friend is being critical of Ofgem, but I must say that that is not my experience. Ofgem is actually a rigorous regulator. It…11 Nov 2024HANSARDContracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 July be approved. Relevant document: 2nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…30 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Dioxide Transport and Storage (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024I am very grateful to the noble Earl. I emphasise two points. First, the 10% is a cap, not a target, as he rightly said. Secondly, Ofgem has now published its statement of policy,…28 Oct 2024HANSARDContracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024. Relevant document: 2nd Report from the Secondary…28 Oct 2024HANSARDContracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before the House on 30 July 2024. This instrument forms an important part of the Government’s commitment to accelerate the deployment…28 Oct 2024HANSARDContracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I welcome the noble Earl’s welcome for the statutory instrument. He is right that a lot of the original work was undertaken by the previous Government. I think I said in…28 Oct 2024