Further written evidence reported to the House
Energy Bill
10:40 am
Gaynor Hartnell: The Renewable Energy Association’s position is more in line with that of the Sustainable Development Commission. Although we agree that we all have the same end objectives, we share the view that, without the primary duty being changed, there is very little chance of the scale of change and the speed with which we need to change actually happening in practice. Ofgem is clearly an extremely effective and strong regulator, and it is doing a very good job in regard to its current duties. However, it is no longer really aligned to Government policy, and we would therefore like to see the Energy Bill grasp the nettle and deal with that, because we really need to pull out all the stops, given the scale of the task required to get 15 per cent. of our energy from renewables by 2020.