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Written question asked by Anne McGuire (Labour) on Friday, 2 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 January 2015. It was answered by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 January 2015 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Renewable Energy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will apply the same criteria for industries which qualify for relief under the Climate Change Agreement to the industries eligible for relief from the indirect costs of renewables.

Answer

The Government has acted to provide relief for energy intensive industries and is targeting its limited resources at those energy intensive products that are exposed to competition in the international markets.

However, we are bound by the European Commission’s state aid rules in this regard and cannot, therefore, simply use climate change agreements as the basis for eligibility for these schemes.

We have issued a consultation on a proposed methodology and are currently analysing the results. We expect to publish a Government response to the consultation shortly and final conclusions on which sectors will be eligible once we have state aid approval, which we expect to receive by summer 2015.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
219581
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Climate change levy Industry Renewable energy
Link
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