The CBI will today issue a major new report calling on the government to
provide greater clarity on its energy policy.
Here is an overview of the main areas where the business lobby group wants
further details on the government's plans by February 2011.
Planning
- Royal Assent on a Decentralisation and Localism Bill which contains a
coherent structure for major energy infrastructure planning, including requiring
Ministers to stick to decision making timescales set out in the Planning Act and
DECC
Ministers having sign-off for energy applications
- Completion of second consultation on Energy National Policy
- Revised statements on Energy Infrastructure ready to be approved by
Parliament
- Determine all outstanding Section 36 planning applications left from the
pre-IPC system
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
- Winner of first CCS demonstration competition announced
- Launch of competition for the remaining three projects, with consideration
given to one being a gas-fired power station.
New nuclear power
- Press ahead with preparation for new nuclear, including deciding details of
funded decommissioning and waste disposal agreements
Additional market mechanisms
- Complete consultations on a carbon floor price and wider market reform
North Sea taxation
- Rule out changes to the tax system that would undermine investment,
recognising the mature age of most fields and the forthcoming cost of
decommissioning
Gas
- Reconsider the tax treatment of gas storage in preparation for the 2011
Budget, including the capital allowance tax treatment of onshore salt cavern gas
storage
Energy efficiency
- Propose ways to make the Green Deal financing mechanism work for households
and firms, and simplified the Carbon Reduction Commitment to incentivise energy
efficiency
Energy intensive industries
- Consultation on ways to support the most vulnerable industries from the
future costs of climate policy prior to an international agreement
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