What UK Energy Act 2013: Electricity Market Reform, Emissions Performance Standard and the ONR requires
The Energy Act 2013 is a central pillar of UK electricity-market and nuclear regulation, introducing Electricity Market Reform, an Emissions Performance Standard, and the statutory Office for Nuclear Regulation, with functions exercised by the Secretary of State, the Low Carbon Contracts Company, Ofgem and the ONR. Part 2 Chapter 2 establishes Contracts for Difference: section 6 confers the power to make regulations to encourage low-carbon electricity generation through long-term contracts that stabilise generator revenues. Part 2 Chapter 3 establishes the Capacity Market: section 27 confers the power to make electricity capacity regulations to ensure security of supply through capacity agreements and auctions. Part 2 Chapter 8 contains the Emissions Performance Standard: section 57 imposes a duty not to exceed an annual carbon dioxide emissions limit on fossil-fuel generating stations, section 58 provides an exemption to enable carbon capture and storage, and section 59 allows suspension in exceptional circumstances. Part 3 establishes the Office for Nuclear Regulation as a statutory body: section 77 establishes the ONR, and the surrounding provisions set its purposes covering nuclear safety, nuclear security, nuclear safeguards and conventional health and safety on nuclear sites. Part 6 addresses consumer protection, including section 139 on the power to modify energy supply licences in relation to domestic supply contracts. The Act is a legal foundation of the UK low-carbon electricity framework and independent nuclear regulation.
Pillar: Energy & Utilities · Authority: UK Parliament / Office for Nuclear Regulation, Ofgem and the Low Carbon Contracts Company · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/contents
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- Energy Act 2013, section 6 - regulations to encourage low carbon electricity generation (Contracts for Difference).
- Energy Act 2013, section 27 - power to make electricity capacity regulations (Capacity Market).
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