Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to introduce a modified generation license for storage to improve regulatory clarity.

In the Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, published in July last year, the Government confirmed that electricity storage is to be treated as a subset of generation for licensing and planning purposes. Ofgem, as the market regulator, is responsible for the licensing framework, and recently held a consultation on modifying the generation licence to include electricity storage. Ofgem will respond to this consultation shortly.