Written evidence to be reported to the House
Energy Bill
12:00 pm
Nick Winser: Our view is that the current provisions are probably there or thereabouts. There might be a question about interpretation of them. Certainly, Ofgem has moved towards taking forward the responsibilities for sustainability, and we applaud that. That may have a bit to go, considering the scale of the task ahead of us.
There is also a question about the interpretation in terms of time. Looking a long way ahead, we would quite like to see Ofgem—we are working closely with Alistair’s people on this—take a long view and think about where the carbon and renewables targets might be leading us and ensure that we are together and making the right regulatory changes to ensure that we can get to those targets in the long term. It is about looking a long way ahead.