§ 25. Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to ensure that the target for combined heat and power is reached by 2010; and what assessment has been made of the impact upon capacity of the introduction of the new electricity trading arrangements in March 2001.[13089]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Department is developing, in close collaboration with other Departments, a draft CHP strategy, which will set out the measures needed to achieve the Government's target of at least 10,000 MW of installed CHP electrical capacity by 2010. I expect to issue the draft strategy for consultation around the turn of the year.
The recent report by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, 'Report to DTI on the Review of the Initial Impact of NETA on Smaller Generators' issued in August, indicated that the export of power from CHP has reduced by around 60 per cent. since the introduction of 887W NETA. The Government have issued a response to Ofgem's review and through this are consulting on a number of specific points to address the issues that CHP generators face under NETA.