Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 3 September 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will assess the potential effect on (a) domestic and (b) industrial fuel bills of the Government's policy on decarbonisation.
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http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/meeting_energy/aes/impacts/impacts.aspx
The headline results are presented in the following table. The results for energy intensive industries do not include the impact of the package of measures for energy intensive industries announced in the Chancellor’s autumn statement of
A breakdown of the separate gas and electricity bill impacts by individual policies is presented in the set of tables in Annex F (from p. 67) of the aforementioned document. An updated assessment will be published alongside the next Annual Energy Statement later this year.
Estimated impact of energy and climate change policies on average energy (gas plus electricity) bills compared with bills in the absence of policies | |||
£ | |||
Real 2010 prices | 2011 | 2020 | 2030 |
Household | |||
Bill without policies | 1,229 | 1,379 | 1,474 |
Bill with policies | 1,249 | 1,285 | 1,427 |
Impact of policies | 19 (2%) | -94 (-7%) | -46 (-3%) |
Medium-sized business user | |||
Bill without policies | 1,550,000 | 1,738,000 | 1,829,000 |
Bill with policies | 1,821,000 | 2,073,000 | 2,337,000 |
Impact of policies | 271,000 (18%) | 335,000 (19%) | 508,000 (28%) |
Large energy intensive industrial user | |||
Bill without policies | 8.2 million to 15.6 million | 9.3 million to 17.4 million | 9.7 million to 18.0 million |
Bill with policies | 8.4 million to 17.5 million | 9.4 million to 20.9 million | 10.8 million to 24.1 million |
Impact of policies | 0.3 million to 1.9 million (3% to 12%) | 0.2 million to 3.5 million (2% to 20%) | 1.1 million to 6.1 million (115 to 34%) |
Source DECC 2011. Figures may not add due to rounding. |
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