Fuel Efficiency (Hansard, 16 June 1992)

§ Mr. Dafis
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to set minimum standards for fuel use efficiency.

§ Mr. Maclean
It is already the Government's policy to press for agreement in the European Community on 437W minimum efficiency standards for a wide range of equipment. A directive setting minimum standards of energy efficiency for gas and oil-fired boilers has already been adopted.

§ Mr. Dafis
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to set standards for acceptable loss of energy or fuel in distribution, and to ensure that losses above test standard be charged against the profits of the industry.

§ Mr. Maclean
No. We have created a competitive environment for fuel suppliers and it is in their own interest to reduce losses in transmission.

§ Mr. Dafis
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to set standards of fuel use efficiency for the energy-generating industry.

§ Mr. Maclean
No. We have created a competitive environment for energy generators such that it is in their own interest to use fuel more efficiently. An indication of this is the electricity industry's plans for new electricity generating stations of considerably higher efficiency.