Annual Energy Statement Debate

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Annual Energy Statement

Mike Weir Excerpts
Wednesday 23rd November 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Huhne Portrait Chris Huhne
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First, I want to pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his efforts in this area. We raised this point with the big six at the consumer energy summit, and my understanding is that they are in the process of notifying their customers. Perhaps not all those letters have gone out yet, but one of the commitments was that customers were going to be notified when there was a cheaper tariff they could move to online.

Mike Weir Portrait Mr Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP)
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In what was a lengthy statement, the Secretary of State made no mention of either the long-standing problem of transmission charging, which affects green energy, or Ofgem’s Project TransmiT. What progress is being made, and will he finally take action to tackle this problem?