Clause 2 - Annual reports under section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003
Energy Bill [Lords]
8:55 am
Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire, Conservative)
I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following:
Clause 2 stand part.
Clause 3 stand part.
Amendment No. 39, in
clause 194, page 149, line 41, after 'section', insert
'and section [amendment of Sustainable Energy Act 2003]'.
Government new clause 7—Reports under section 1 of Sustainable Energy Act 2003—and amendment (a) thereto:
after ''clean coal technology;'' insert '(aa) coal mine methane;'.
New clause 8—Environmental targets—
'(1) The Secretary of State shall within six months of this Act receiving Royal Assent lay before each House of Parliament a report, prepared in consultation with the devolved administrations, on renewable energy and that report shall include—
(a) a set target for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, with individual targets for each area covered by devolved administrations as agreed between the Secretary of State and the relevant devolved administrations for the following ten year period,
(b) a set target for the percentage of electricity to be generated by renewable energy sources, with individual targets for each area covered by devolved administrations as agreed between the Secretary of State and the relevant devolved administrations for the following ten year period,
(c) the amount of electricity being generated by each method of renewable energy, and
(d) a strategy for meeting the targets set out in paragraphs (a) and (b).
(2) In each year thereafter the Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a report setting out—
(a) progress made towards the greenhouse gas emissions reduction target,
(b) progress made towards the renewable energy target,
(c) the amount of electricity being generated by each method of renewable energy, and
(d) strategy for meeting the continuing targets for both greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy with proposals for any changes necessary for meeting the targets set in subsection (1)(a) and (b).
(3) At the end of the initial ten year period, and every ten years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a report setting out the measures specified in
subsection (1) for the following ten year period and in every year thereafter lay before each House of Parliament the report specified in subsection (2).'.
New clause 9—Report on sustainable energy policy commitments—
'(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to publish in such form as he sees fit an annual report on all the Government's energy policy commitments.
(2) In this section the term ''energy policy commitments'' means all those commitments so specified on the Government sustainable energy policy network website for the time being.'.
New clause 10—Amendment of Sustainable Energy Act 2003—
After section 2 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003 there is inserted—
''2A Energy efficiency of business and public sector buildings: Secretary of State
(1) The Secretary of State must within one week beginning with the coming into force of this section designate under this subsection at least one energy efficiency aim.
(2) For the purposes of this section an ''energy efficiency aim'' is an aim which—
(a) is contained in a published document;
(b) relates to the energy efficiency of business and public sector buildings;
(c) specifies the amount of carbon dioxide to be saved from business and public sector buildings; and
(d) is compatible with European Union obligations and any other international obligations of the United Kingdom.
(3) The Secretary of State may, at any time after designation under subsection (1), designate under this subsection a further energy efficiency aim or aims.
(4) Where an energy efficiency aim is for the time being designated under this section, the Secretary of State must take reasonable steps to achieve the aim.
(5) In deciding which steps to take for the purposes of subsection (4), the Secretary of State must consider steps relating to the heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting and insulation of business and public sector buildings.
(6) A designation under this section may be withdrawn, but not if its withdrawal would result in there being no energy efficiency aim designated under this section.
(7) If an energy efficiency aim designated under this section ceases to meet the condition in subsection (2)(d) it ceases to be designated under this section, but if this results in there being no energy efficiency aim so designated the Secretary of State must without delay designate a new energy efficiency aim.
(8) A designation of an aim under this section, or a withdrawal or cessation of such a designation, must be published in such a way as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(9) A designation may be contained in the same published document as the aim itself.
(10) In this section ''business and public sector buildings'' means buildings specified under any enactments or otherwise as business or public sector buildings.
(11) This section shall come into force on 1st January 2005.''.'.
New clause 12—Duty relating to energy provision and use—
'The Secretary of State shall have a duty to promote the efficient provision and use of energy [gas and electricity], and to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.'.