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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking towards the deployment of a smart grid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking towards the deployment of a smart grid.
Asked by
Lord Barker of Battle
(Conservative)
Answered by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 March 2010
For answer on
29 March 2010
Answered on
29 March 2010
We published the document ““Smarter Grids—The Opportunity”” on 2 December 2009.We are ensuring that the smart meter rollout acts as an enabler to smart grids and are developing potential policy options to ensure the electricity infrastructure can meet future challenges in light of the Energy Market Assessment and the initial findings of the 2050 road map analysis. DECC also issued a press notice on Friday 26 March announcing the winning projects in the smart grids capital grants programme under the Low Carbon Innovation Fund.
Subjects
Electricity; Meters; National grid
Date
29 March 2010
Reference
508 c621W; 325244
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what service standards he plans to include in codes of conduct for the implementation of smart meters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what service standards he plans to include in codes of conduct for the implementation of smart meters.
Asked by
David Drew
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 March 2010
For answer on
15 March 2010
Answered on
23 March 2010
The Smart Metering Implementation Programme is considering a wide range of issues relating to smart meter roll out including whether service standards and/or codes of conduct should be put place before the formal roll out begins.
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
23 March 2010
Reference
508 c293W; 322485
House
House of Commons
I am sure that we can arrange a meeting with my right hon. Friend on the second question that he raised. On his first question, I should say that the Teesside issue is important. My right hon. Friend Lord Mandelson continues to be in discussions about the serious matter of what can be done at the plant. We will continue to take those discussions forward.
I am sure that we can arrange a meeting with my right hon. Friend on the second question that he raised. On his first question, I should say that the Teesside issue is important. My right hon. Friend Lord Mandelson continues to be in discussions about the serious matter of what can be done at the plant. We will continue to take those discussions forward.
Answered by
Ed Miliband
(Labour)
Asked by
Denis MacShane
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Oral answers to questions
On steel and energy, will the Secretary of State support the view of the Community union that the carbon credits for Tata's Teesside plant should be held in trust until the company agrees to talk with the Government and the union on resuming work there? Will he also meet me and colleagues to look at an over-rigorous interpretation of an EU regulation that might seriously damage electric arc furnace steel making in the UK?
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c444
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
On steel and energy, will the Secretary of State support the view of the Community union that the carbon credits for Tata's Teesside plant should be held in trust until the company agrees to talk with the Government and the union on resuming work there? Will he also meet me and colleagues to look at an over-rigorous interpretation of an EU regulation that might seriously damage electric arc furnace steel making in the UK?
On steel and energy, will the Secretary of State support the view of the Community union that the carbon credits for Tata's Teesside plant should be held in trust until the company agrees to talk with the Government and the union on resuming work there? Will he also meet me and colleagues to look at an over-rigorous interpretation of an EU regulation that might seriously damage electric arc furnace steel making in the UK?
Asked by
Denis MacShane
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Topical questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 February 2010
I am sure that we can arrange a meeting with my right hon. Friend on the second question that he raised. On his first question, I should say that the Teesside issue is important. My right hon. Friend Lord Mandelson continues to be in discussions about the serious matter of what can be done at the plant. We will continue to take those discussions forward.
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products; Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c444
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Ofgem's latest figures show that prepayment meter customers, who are often from the poorest households, are still paying up to £60 a year more for their electricity and up to £107 a year more for their gas. Given the profits being made by the energy companies, will the Secretary of State ask them to eliminate that differential completely?
Ofgem's latest figures show that prepayment meter customers, who are often from the poorest households, are still paying up to £60 a year more for their electricity and up to £107 a year more for their gas. Given the profits being made by the energy companies, will the Secretary of State ask them to eliminate that differential completely?
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 February 2010
We have eradicated the differential between prepayment meters and the standard credit, so the hon. Gentleman has now moved on to the differential between the prepayment meter and direct debit. At present, the licence condition is that a cost differential is permissible to reflect simply the extra cost of providing the means of payment. According to Ofgem, a prepayment meter costs about £88 a year more to administer than a direct debit. That would be the difficulty for me in acceding to the hon. Gentleman's latest request.
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c444
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Prepayment meters play an important role in helping some customers to control their energy expenditure and should remain an option for consumers. Smart meters will in due course replace current prepayment meters and we are committed to rolling out smart meters to all households. Meanwhile, the replacement of the older-style token prepayment meters was due to be nearly completed by the end of 2009. I await an update on the present position from Ofgem.
Prepayment meters play an important role in helping some customers to control their energy expenditure and should remain an option for consumers. Smart meters will in due course replace current prepayment meters and we are committed to rolling out smart meters to all households. Meanwhile, the replacement of the older-style token prepayment meters was due to be nearly completed by the end of 2009. I await an update on the present position from Ofgem.
Answered by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Asked by
Nicholas Winterton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Oral answers to questions
What recent progress he has made on phasing out domestic energy prepayment meters.
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c438
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answered by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Topical questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 February 2010
Notes
Lead question not printed
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c444; 318566
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
We have eradicated the differential between prepayment meters and the standard credit, so the hon. Gentleman has now moved on to the differential between the prepayment meter and direct debit. At present, the licence condition is that a cost differential is permissible to reflect simply the extra cost of providing the means of payment. According to Ofgem, a prepayment meter costs about £88 a year more to administer than a direct debit. That would be the difficulty for me in acceding to the hon. Gentleman's latest request.
We have eradicated the differential between prepayment meters and the standard credit, so the hon. Gentleman has now moved on to the differential between the prepayment meter and direct debit. At present, the licence condition is that a cost differential is permissible to reflect simply the extra cost of providing the means of payment. According to Ofgem, a prepayment meter costs about £88 a year more to administer than a direct debit. That would be the difficulty for me in acceding to the hon. Gentleman's latest request.
Answered by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Oral answers to questions
Ofgem's latest figures show that prepayment meter customers, who are often from the poorest households, are still paying up to £60 a year more for their electricity and up to £107 a year more for their gas. Given the profits being made by the energy companies, will the Secretary of State ask them to eliminate that differential completely?
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c444
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
There is a lot of concern about energy prepayment meters because they are used mainly by those on lower incomes. Is it right that such people should pay more for their gas than those who are better off? When will prepayment meters be entirely phased out? Phasing them out would be a good thing, and that idea is warmly supported by Labour Members.
There is a lot of concern about energy prepayment meters because they are used mainly by those on lower incomes. Is it right that such people should pay more for their gas than those who are better off? When will prepayment meters be entirely phased out? Phasing them out would be a good thing, and that idea is warmly supported by Labour Members.
Asked by
Nicholas Winterton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 February 2010
For the reasons that I have given, I do not, regretfully, agree with the hon. Gentleman about the presence and use of prepayment meters, but they will all be gone when we have smart meters by the end of 2020. In the mean time, one of the Ofgem licence conditions that I mentioned earlier was to rule out any unfair discrimination against users of prepayment meters. As a result, the differential between prepayment meter and standard credit rates has effectively been eliminated.
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c438-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Yes; we called on Ofgem to carry out that probe, we supported the licence conditions that it proposed and I am pleased that they have been implemented.
Yes; we called on Ofgem to carry out that probe, we supported the licence conditions that it proposed and I am pleased that they have been implemented.
Answered by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Asked by
Rosie Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Oral answers to questions
Does my hon. Friend agree that, while we wait for smart meters, it is right that the Government should intervene to prevent the most vulnerable people from being ripped off for having to use prepayment meters?
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c439
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Does my hon. Friend agree that, while we wait for smart meters, it is right that the Government should intervene to prevent the most vulnerable people from being ripped off for having to use prepayment meters?
Does my hon. Friend agree that, while we wait for smart meters, it is right that the Government should intervene to prevent the most vulnerable people from being ripped off for having to use prepayment meters?
Asked by
Rosie Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 February 2010
Yes; we called on Ofgem to carry out that probe, we supported the licence conditions that it proposed and I am pleased that they have been implemented.
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c439
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
For the reasons that I have given, I do not, regretfully, agree with the hon. Gentleman about the presence and use of prepayment meters, but they will all be gone when we have smart meters by the end of 2020. In the mean time, one of the Ofgem licence conditions that I mentioned earlier was to rule out any unfair discrimination against users of prepayment meters. As a result, the differential between prepayment meter and standard credit rates has effectively been eliminated.
For the reasons that I have given, I do not, regretfully, agree with the hon. Gentleman about the presence and use of prepayment meters, but they will all be gone when we have smart meters by the end of 2020. In the mean time, one of the Ofgem licence conditions that I mentioned earlier was to rule out any unfair discrimination against users of prepayment meters. As a result, the differential between prepayment meter and standard credit rates has effectively been eliminated.
Answered by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Asked by
Nicholas Winterton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Oral answers to questions
There is a lot of concern about energy prepayment meters because they are used mainly by those on lower incomes. Is it right that such people should pay more for their gas than those who are better off? When will prepayment meters be entirely phased out? Phasing them out would be a good thing, and that idea is warmly supported by Labour Members.
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c438-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What recent progress he has made on phasing out domestic energy prepayment meters.
What recent progress he has made on phasing out domestic energy prepayment meters.
Asked by
Nicholas Winterton
(Conservative)
Answered by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 February 2010
For answer on
25 February 2010
Answered on
25 February 2010
Prepayment meters play an important role in helping some customers to control their energy expenditure and should remain an option for consumers. Smart meters will in due course replace current prepayment meters and we are committed to rolling out smart meters to all households. Meanwhile, the replacement of the older-style token prepayment meters was due to be nearly completed by the end of 2009. I await an update on the present position from Ofgem.
Subjects
Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c438; 318551
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
That is certainly one conclusion that we could rightly draw. On the matter of an annual or lump sum subsidy, while a one-off payment would go some way to redress the balance—as Walker points out, there are strong arguments in favour of a one-off adjustment—it would not completely rectify the...
That is certainly one conclusion that we could rightly draw. On the matter of an annual or lump sum subsidy, while a one-off payment would go some way to redress the balance—as Walker points out, there are strong arguments in favour of a one-off adjustment—it would not completely rectify the...
Member
Adrian Sanders
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Fees and charges; Ofwat; Meters; Water charges; Water supply; Water companies; Sewers; South West Water; South West; Wessex Water; Social tariffs
Date
27 January 2010
Reference
504 c324WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
We need an answer, and we need it soon. Of course, privatisation should not have happened to this industry. Water is not something that lends itself easily to competition on the free market. Indeed, all we have is a system of regional monopolies, unlike the other utilities, which have seen...
We need an answer, and we need it soon. Of course, privatisation should not have happened to this industry. Water is not something that lends itself easily to competition on the free market. Indeed, all we have is a system of regional monopolies, unlike the other utilities, which have seen...
Member
Adrian Sanders
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Fees and charges; Ofwat; Meters; Water charges; Water supply; Water companies; Sewers; South West Water; South West; Wessex Water; Social tariffs
Date
27 January 2010
Reference
504 c324WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
Referring back to what my hon. Friend said about the need for equalisation, does he agree that it is important that we deal with the problem now as a matter of urgency? In future, there will be a need for considerable investment in other parts of the country, and it...
Referring back to what my hon. Friend said about the need for equalisation, does he agree that it is important that we deal with the problem now as a matter of urgency? In future, there will be a need for considerable investment in other parts of the country, and it...
Member
Julia Goldsworthy
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Fees and charges; Ofwat; Meters; Water charges; Water supply; Water companies; Sewers; South West Water; South West; Wessex Water; Social tariffs
Date
27 January 2010
Reference
504 c324WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Member
Oliver Letwin
(Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Fees and charges; Ofwat; Meters; Water charges; Water supply; Water companies; Sewers; South West Water; South West; Wessex Water; Social tariffs
Date
27 January 2010
Reference
504 c324WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
Indeed those costs would have had to have been met, but they would have been equalised out across the whole of the United Kingdom. They would not have just fallen on those in the far south-west. In my constituency, customers have not only suffered from high water bills, but a...
Indeed those costs would have had to have been met, but they would have been equalised out across the whole of the United Kingdom. They would not have just fallen on those in the far south-west. In my constituency, customers have not only suffered from high water bills, but a...
Member
Adrian Sanders
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Fees and charges; Ofwat; Meters; Water charges; Water supply; Water companies; Sewers; South West Water; South West; Wessex Water; Social tariffs
Date
27 January 2010
Reference
504 c325-6WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
I am extremely grateful. I apologise to the hon. Gentleman for intervening. He is very generous. I totally agree with what he is saying. This is long overdue and most welcome. But would he not concede that historic costs involved pre-privatisation would have had to be paid for by the...
I am extremely grateful. I apologise to the hon. Gentleman for intervening. He is very generous. I totally agree with what he is saying. This is long overdue and most welcome. But would he not concede that historic costs involved pre-privatisation would have had to be paid for by the...
Member
Oliver Letwin
(Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Fees and charges; Ofwat; Meters; Water charges; Water supply; Water companies; Sewers; South West Water; South West; Wessex Water; Social tariffs
Date
27 January 2010
Reference
504 c324-5WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
I am very pleased to respond to this debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Torbay (Mr. Sanders) on securing the debate and also on the considered and intelligent way that he made his points on behalf of his constituents and others in the south-west. I am pleased to see...
I am very pleased to respond to this debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Torbay (Mr. Sanders) on securing the debate and also on the considered and intelligent way that he made his points on behalf of his constituents and others in the south-west. I am pleased to see...
Member
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Fees and charges; Ofwat; Meters; Water charges; Water supply; Water companies; Sewers; South West Water; South West; Wessex Water; Social tariffs
Date
27 January 2010
Reference
504 c326-7WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons