Clause 36
Energy Bill
1:00 pm
Malcolm Wicks (Minister of State (Energy), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Croydon North, Labour)
Welcome to the Chair, Mrs. Humble. I was addressing a question from the hon. Member for Cheltenham. The rate of compliance for the renewables obligation between 2005-06 and 2006-07 raised a query in his mind about the delivery of less generation. However, that is a technical one-off effect of the tightening of the cap on co-firing. It will be rectified by the reforms that we propose to introduce through the Bill. We are making the RO more efficient and effective, thereby driving faster and wider deployment. If he would like a more technical explanation, I am happy to give him one in writing if that would be appropriate.