Climate Change And Sustainable Energy Act 2006

The Act, which received Royal Assent on June 21 , 2006 , was piloted through the House Of Commons as a Private Member's Bill by Mark Lazarowicz , Member Of Parliament .

Microgeneration in the United Kingdom

Microgeneration technologies are seen as having considerable potential by the Government. Microgeneration involves the local production of electricity by homes and businesses from low-energy sources including small scale Wind Turbines , Ground Source Heat Pump s and Solar Electricity installations.

The Government's own micorgeneration strategy was launched in March 2006 was seen as a disappointment by many commentators [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4858766.stm . In contrast, the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act has been viewed as a positive step [http://www.micropower.co.uk/news/newsrelease15.html].

THE ACT

The principle measures in the act are to:

Require the Secretary of State ( DEFRA ) to report annually on greenhouse gas emissions during the year plus steps taken to cut them

Require Local Authorities to take into account the content of a new 'energy measures report' that the Secretary of State will be required to publish within one year from the signing of the Act.

Require the Secretary of State to set national microgeneration targets no later than 31 March 2009 .

Require the Secretary of State to expand the ''annual reports on progress towards sustainable energy aims'' (under the Sustainable Energy Act 2003 ), to include:

---progress in meeting the target (under the Housing Act 2004 ) for the ''energy efficiency of residential accommodation in England ''

---progress in meeting the target (under the Housing Act 2004) for the ''emissions of carbon dioxide in England''

---progress in meeting the target (under the Housing Act 2004) for the ''number of households in which one or more persons are living in Fuel Poverty ''

Give the Secretary of State the power to impose a duty on energy companies to buy energy from microgeneration schemes, if the industry fails to create a voluntary scheme within one year.

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