Clause 9 - Promotion of community energy
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill
4:45 pm
Joe Benton (Bootle, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 23, in clause 9, page 4, line 38, leave out paragraph (a).
No. 24, in clause 9, page 4, line 39, at end insert—
‘()schemes whose purpose or effect is the promotion of community energy projects,’.
No. 25, in clause 9, page 4, line 40, leave out ‘community energy,’ and insert
‘such schemes and community energy projects, and’.
No. 26, in clause 9, page 4, line 41, leave out from ‘of’ to end of line 44 and insert
‘advice and assistance (whether by public authorities or any other persons) to persons establishing and operating, or proposing to establish and operate, community energy projects’.
No. 32, in clause 9, page 5, line 2, leave out from beginning to end of line 18 and insert—
‘ “community energy project” means—
(a)the use of relevant plant for a community purpose,
(b)the installation of relevant plant for use for a community purpose, or
(c)the adaptation of any plant for use as relevant plant for a community purpose;
“community purpose” means the purpose of—
(d)generating electricity for consumption wholly or mainly in qualifying premises, or
(e)producing heat for use wholly or mainly for heating qualifying premises;
“plant” includes any equipment, apparatus or appliance;
“premises” means any building or buildings (and for this purpose “building” includes part of a building);
“qualifying premises” means premises which—
(f)are used wholly or mainly for purposes other than carrying on a trade, business or profession, and
(g)in the case of premises which consist wholly or mainly of a dwelling or dwellings, contain at least five dwellings;
“relevant plant” means any plant which—
(h)in generating electricity or (as the case may be) producing heat, relies wholly or mainly on a source of energy or a technology mentioned in section 82(7) of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) (microgeneration), and
(i)satisfies the condition in subsection (4).’.
No. 27, in clause 9, page 5, line 18, at end insert—
‘(4)Plant satisfies the condition in this subsection if its capacity does not exceed—
(a)in the case of plant for the generation of electricity, 20 megawatts, and
(b)in the case of plant for the production of heat, 100 megawatts thermal.’.