Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the provisions laid out in section 185 of the Energy Act 2004 to make an order to reform the UK transmission charge regime to assist Scottish renewable energy generators; and if he will make a statement.
The Government’s assessment of the potential use of powers under Section 185 of the Energy Act 2004 to adjust transmission powers is set out in the ‘Policy Response’ section at page 7 of Government Response of June 2018 to a consultation on proposed amendments to the Contracts for Difference scheme. It is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/contracts-for-difference-cfd-proposed-amendments-to-the-scheme.
The assessment points to transmission charging as a matter for Ofgem, the value of cost-reflective charges, and Contracts for Difference contracts as the focus of Government support for renewable energy generation projects.