Energy Act 2013

Short description: Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

| This earth needs to be updated. Please update this earth to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2014)

|

Short description: United Kingdom legislation

Energy Act 2013[lower-alpha 1]Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to make provision for the setting of a decarbonisation target range and duties in relation to it; for or in connection with reforming the electricity market for purposes of encouraging low carbon electricity generation or ensuring security of supply; for the establishment and functions of the Office for Nuclear Regulation; about the government pipe-line and storage system and rights exercisable in relation to it; about the designation of a strategy and policy statement; about domestic supplies of gas and electricity; for extending categories of activities for which energy licences are required; for the making of orders requiring regulated persons to provide redress to consumers of gas or electricity; about offshore transmission of electricity during a commissioning period; for imposing fees in connection with certain costs incurred by the Secretary of State; and for connected purposes.
Citation| 2013 c. 32
Introduced by| Ed Davey MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Commons)
Baroness Verma (Lords)
Territorial extent|

* England and Wales
* Scotland
* Northern Ireland (in part)

[lower-alpha 2]
Dates
Royal assent| 18 December 2013
Commencement| various[lower-alpha 3]
Other legislation
Amends|

* Explosives Act 1875
* Atomic Energy Act 1946
* Nuclear Installations Act 1965
* House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
* Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978
* Civil Aviation Act 1982
* Water Industry Act 1991
* Water Resources Act 1991
* Scotland Act 1998
* Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
* Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001
* Railways Act 2005
* National Health Service Act 2006
* Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009

Amended by|

* Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016
* Policing and Crime Act 2017
* Wales Act 2017
* Space Industry Act 2018
* Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018
* Sentencing Act 2020

Relates to|

* Energy Act 2010

Status: Amended

History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Energy Act 2013 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Revised text of statute as amended

The Energy Act 2013 (c. 32) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, relating to the energy sector. It succeeded the Energy Act 2010. The Act focuses on setting decarbonisation targets for the UK, and reforming the electricity market. The act was intended by Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey to "attract investment to bring about a once-in-a-generation transformation of our electricity market".[1]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Aims
* 3 See also
* 4 Notes
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History

The Energy Bill was introduced by the government in the House of Commons for first reading on 29 November 2012,[2] and passed a vote at third reading with cross-party support on 4 June 2013. The bill received royal assent on 18 December 2013.[3][4]

## Aims

The Act aims to maintain a stable electricity supply as coal-fired power stations are retired.[1] This includes facilitating the building of a new set of nuclear power stations and the establishment of a new regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation.[5]

The act proposed a delay in setting decarbonisation targets under the Climate Change Act 2008, until 2016. Businesses and analysts criticised the uncertainty this caused for investors, notably Balfour Beatty[6] and Ernst & Young.[7] Conservative MP Tim Yeo and Labour MP Barry Gardiner tabled amendments to the Bill to reinsert a 2030 decarbonisation target for the power sector by 2014.[8][9]

The act also enabled the government to privatise the Government Pipelines and Storage System.[10]

## See also

* Energy policy of the United Kingdom
* Nuclear power in the United Kingdom

## Notes

1. ↑ Section 157.
2. ↑ Section 155.
3. ↑ Section 156.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bakewell, Sally (29 November 2012). "U.K. Nuclear Push Gains With Bill to Revamp Power Market". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-29/u-k-nuclear-push-advances-with-bill-to-revamp-power-market.html.
2. ↑ "Bill Documents". UK Parliament. http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/energy/documents.html.
3. ↑ "Energy Act 2013". UK Parliament. http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/energy.html.
4. ↑ "Energy Act 2013". https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/contents.
5. ↑ "Greens' concern for draft energy bill". BBC News. 2012-05-24. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18121885.
6. ↑ "Energy Bill amendment could boost green construction". Building.co.uk. http://www.building.co.uk/sustainability/sustainability-news/energy-bill-amendment-could-boost-green-construction/5050066.article.
7. ↑ ""Once in a generation" UK Energy Bill falls short of expectations". Commodities Now. http://www.commodities-now.com/reports/power-and-energy/13955-once-in-a-generation-uk-energy-bill-falls-short-of-expectations.html.
8. ↑ "Sticking point? -- The 2030 decarbonisation target debate". 3 June 2013. http://www.cornwallenergy.com/Opinion/Sticking-point-The-2030-decarbonisation-target-debate.
9. ↑ "Hopes for green investment boost from Energy Bill amendment". http://www.bdonline.co.uk/sustainability/hopes-for-green-investment-boost-from-energy-bill-amendment/5050434.article.
10. ↑ Murden, Terry (2012-05-27). "Pipe network may be sold off". The Scotsman. https://www.scotsman.com/business/pipe-network-may-be-sold-off-1625613.

## External links

* Text of the Energy Act 2013 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
* Text of the Energy Act 2013 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

* v
* t
* e

Energy in the United Kingdom

Companies

| Coal|

* Anglo American
* Asia Energy
* BHP
* ENRC
* Glencore
* Rio Tinto
* UK Coal

|

Oil and gas|

| Integrated|

* BP
* Royal Dutch Shell

|

Exploration and
production|

* Afren
* BHP
* Cairn Energy
* Centrica
* Dana Petroleum
* Desire Petroleum
* Emerald Energy
* EnQuest
* Essar Energy
* Hardy Oil and Gas
* JKX Oil & Gas
* Melrose Resources
* Ophir Energy
* Perenco
* Premier Oil
* Regal Petroleum
* Rockhopper Exploration
* SOCO International
* Star Energy
* Tullow Oil

Supply|

* Greenergy
* Murco Petroleum

Support|

* Abbot Group
* Amec Foster Wheeler
* Expro
* Hunting
* Petrofac
* Qserv
* Score Group
* Valaris plc
* Weir Group
* WesternGeco1
* Wood Group

Utilities|

| Integrated|

* Centrica
* EDF Energy1
* E.ON UK1
* RWE npower1
* Scottish Power1
* SSE

|

Generation and
supply|

| Generation|

* Drax Group
* Engie Energy International
* Falck Renewables
* Horizon Nuclear Power1
* Robin Hood Energy
* Vattenfall United Kingdom1
* Vedanta Resources

|

Supply|

* Bristol Energy
* Bulb Energy
* Co-op Energy
* Ecotricity
* ESB International
* Extra Energy
* Firmus Energy
* Good Energy
* Green Energy
* Octopus Energy
* Opus Energy
* Ovo Energy
* Phoenix Natural Gas
* Shell Energy
* Solarplicity
* Telecom Plus

Distribution|

| Electricity|

* Electricity North West1
* Northern Powergrid1
* SP Energy Networks1
* SSE Power Distribution
* UK Power Networks1
* Western Power Distribution1

|

Gas|

* Cadent Gas
* Firmus Energy
* Northern Gas Networks
* Phoenix Natural Gas
* SGN
* Wales & West Utilities1

Transmission|

| Electricity|

* National Grid2
* Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission
* SP Energy Networks1

|

Gas|

* National Grid

Other|

* Aggreko
* APX Group
* Aquamarine Power
* EnServe
* Geothermal Engineering
* Hi-Gen Power
* Mark Group
* Wavegen

Companies with headquarters and/or registered office in the UK but no applicable energy operations within the country shown in italics 1Ultimate parent company is not UK-based 2Integrated in the United States, no generation or supply activities in the UK

Energy sources

| Coal|

* Coal Authority
* Coal-fired power stations
* Coal mines
* Coal mining regions
* Confederation of UK Coal Producers
* Greenhouse gas emissions
* History
* miners' strike
* National Coal Board
* Open-pit coal mining

|

Electricity|

* Association of Electricity Producers
* BritNed
* East–West Interconnector
* Energy switching services
* Economy 7
* Economy 10
* Electricity billing
* Green electricity
* Grid Trade Master Agreement
* HVDC Cross-Channel
* HVDC Moyle
* HVDC Norway–UK
* Isle of Man to England Interconnector
* National Grid
* Control
* Reserve Service
* New Electricity Trading Arrangements
* Power stations
* Timeline of the electricity supply industry

Nuclear|

* Advanced gas-cooled reactor
* Franco–British Nuclear Forum
* Magnox
* National Nuclear Laboratory
* Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
* Nuclear Liabilities Fund
* Nuclear power stations
* Office for Nuclear Regulation
* Sellafield
* United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Oil and gas|

* BBL Pipeline
* Dash for Gas
* Forties pipeline system
* Fuel protests
* Gas infrastructure
* Greenhouse gas emissions
* Hydrocarbon Oil Duty
* Oil and Gas Authority
* National Transmission System
* Natural gas fields
* Natural gas-fired power stations
* North Sea oil
* Oil & Gas UK
* Oil fields
* Oil-fired power stations
* Oil infrastructure
* Oil refineries
* Petroleum revenue tax

Renewables|

| Biofuels|

* Biodiesel
* Biofuel power stations
* National Non-Food Crops Centre
* Renewable Fuels Agency
* Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

|

Geothermal|

* Geothermal power stations

Hydroelectricity|

* Hydroelectric power stations
* Severn Barrage
* Wave farms

Solar power|

Wind power|

* List of offshore wind farms
* List of onshore wind farms
* North Sea Offshore Grid
* Wind power in Scotland

Government and regulation

| Organisations|

* Carbon Trust
* Cenex
* Committee on Climate Change
* Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
* Department of Energy and Climate Change
* Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
* Energy Saving Trust
* Environment Agency
* Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

|

Legislation and
initiatives|

* Carbon Emission Reduction Target
* Climate Change Act 2008
* Climate Change Agreement
* Climate Change Levy
* Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006
* CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
* Display Energy Certificate
* Energy Act 2013
* Energy Performance Certificate
* Fossil Fuel Levy
* Low Carbon Building Programme
* National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
* Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation
* Planning Act 2008
* Renewable Heat Incentive
* Renewables Obligation
* United Kingdom Climate Change Programme

Non-governmental organisations

| Charities and
pressure groups|

* Ashden Award
* BioRegional
* Campaign against Climate Change
* Centre for Alternative Technology
* National Energy Action
* Stop Climate Chaos
* Tyndall Centre

|

Industry bodies|

* Combined Heat and Power Association
* Energy Institute
* Energy Networks Association
* Energy Retail Association
* Green Power Forum
* RenewableUK
* Utilities Intermediaries Association

Research|

* Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology
* Energy Technologies Institute
* Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
* Narec
* Oil Depletion Analysis Centre
* Sunbury Research Centre
* UK Energy Research Centre

Energy conservation

* Association for the Conservation of Energy
* British Energy Efficiency Federation
* Close the Door campaign
* Code for Sustainable Homes
* Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme
* EcoHomes
* Energy efficiency in British housing
* Energy Saving Trust
* Energy Saving Trust Recommended
* Greenhouse gas emissions
* HTB
* National Home Energy Rating

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Legislation of the United Kingdom

Pre-Parliamentary legislation|

* List of English statutes
* Charter of Liberties
* Magna Carta

Acts of Parliament by states preceding
the Kingdom of Great Britain|

| Parliament of England|

* to 1483
* 1485–1601
* 1603–1641
* Petition of Right
* Interregnum (1642–1660)
* 1660–1699
* Habeas Corpus Act
* Bill of Rights
* 1700–1706

|

Parliament of Scotland|

* to 1707

Acts of Parliament of the
Kingdom of Great Britain|

* 1707–1719
* 1720–1739
* 1740–1759
* 1760–1779
* 1780–1800

Acts of the Parliament of Ireland|

* to 1700
* 1701–1800

Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|

* 1801–1819
* 1820–1839
* 1840–1859
* 1860–1879
* 1880–1899
* 1900–1919
* 1920–1939
* 1940–1959
* 1960–1979
* 1980–1999
* 2000–2019
* 2020 to date
* Halsbury's Statutes
* Legislation.gov.uk
* Short titles

| relating to the European Union (formally European Communities)|

* 1972 to date

|

Church of England measures|

* List
* Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

Legislation of devolved institutions|

* Acts of the Scottish Parliament
* List
* Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales
* List
* Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
* Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Orders in Council|

* 1994 to date

| for Northern Ireland|

* 1972–2009

|

Secondary legislation|

* United Kingdom statutory instruments
* Scottish statutory instruments
* Acts of Sederunt
* Acts of Adjournal

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy Act 2013. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Earth:Energy_Act_2013&oldid=4573691"
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template