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Found: Environmental Statem ent Appendices 2007 Part B: Northern Leg Appendix A10.2 - Badgers A10.2-3 1.2.9 national

Sep. 24 2024

Found: However, electricity generated in Scot land feeds into the GB wide grid and is not necessarily consumed

Sep. 24 2024

Found: National (Scottish) Habitats A nationally designated site i.e.

Sep. 24 2024

Found: National (Scottish) Habitats A nationally designated site i.e.

Mentions:
1: Fraser, Murdo (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) The Labour Party has said that it will not increase VAT, income tax or national insurance. - Speech Link
2: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) Those commitments led to the national reserve being applied three times over. - Speech Link
3: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) We have a whole bunch of stuff that we need to build—wind turbines, energy storage, grid infrastructure - Speech Link
4: Mason, John (Ind - Glasgow Shettleston) National insurance contributions stop at age 66, so I am not paying any national insurance, and neither - Speech Link
5: Whittle, Brian (Con - South Scotland) The Scottish National Party, on the other hand, has no excuses. - Speech Link

S6W-29940

Asked by: Boyack, Sarah (Scottish Labour - Lothian)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) local authorities and (b) other public sector organisations generating power must sell that power to the Scottish Government or the appointed contractor under Scotland's national electricity supply framework, or whether they are free to find the best price for their power in the open market and remain part of the wider portfolio of national procurement arrangements.

Answered by McKee, Ivan - Minister for Public Finance

There is no mandate for (a) local authorities or (b) other public sector organisations that are generating power, to sell that power to Scottish Government or the appointed contractor under the National Electricity Framework.

Ofgem administer a Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) scheme where renewable electricity can be fed into the grid. Customers can apply for a SEG tariff, where their generating system meets the SEG eligibility requirements.

EDF (the current framework supplier for electricity) have a SEG licence to facilitate this service.

This or any other arrangement a local authority or public sector organisation puts in place to sell power and find the best price in the open market, is outside the terms and conditions of the electricity framework. However, a local authority or public sector organisation can have an export arrangement in place and remain part of the wider portfolio.