HC Deb 14 June 1999 vol 333 c1W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what changes in primary legislation will be required to implement the revised arrangements for wholesale electricity trading; [86880]

  1. (2) what has been the reason for the revised date for the planned completion of the Review of Electricity Trading Arrangements; [86881]
  2. (3) what is the cost of the Review of Electricity Trading Arrangements; [86882]
  3. (4) what estimate he has made of the additional costs which will arise in (a) establishing and (b) running a revised electricity wholesale trading market; and who will bear these costs. [86883]

Mr. Battle

The Government are committed to introducing legislation to implement new wholesale electricity trading arrangements and will do so as soon

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Total UK use of renewable sources of energy (thousand tonnes of oil equivalent) 2,079 2,142 2,103 2,320 2,649
UK use of renewable sources as a percentage of primary inland consumption of energy 0.95% 0.97% 0.90% 1.02% 1.15%
Total UK generation of electricity from renewable sources (GWh) 7,306 7,237 6,053 7,378 9,322
UK generation of electricity from renewable sources as a percentage of total electricity generation 2.25% 2.17% 1.74% 2.14% 2.62%

Source:

Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 1999 (to be published on 29 July 1999)

As is said in the discussion paper "New and renewable energy, Prospects for the 21st century", we expect the proportion of electricity from renewable sources to rise to 5 per cent. by 2003. The Government are working towards a target of renewable energy providing 10 per cent. of UK electricity as soon as possible and hope to achieve this by 2010.