Speakers: Robert Buckley, Cornwall Insight; Nick Wayth, Energy Institute; Juliet Phillips, E3G
Category: APPG on Energy Costs – Meeting Notes
Meeting notes from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Energy Costs.
29/06/22 – Are Social Energy Tariffs Practical?
Speakers: Laura Sandys CBE, Challenging Ideas; Peter Smith, National Energy Action; Tom Goswell, Cornwall Insight
18/05/22 – Mitigating price rises for vulnerable consumers
Speakers: Maureen Paul, Deputy Director, Retail Market Policy at Ofgem; Brian Tilley, Head of External Affairs at E.ON; Richard Sweet,
27/04/22 – Assessment of the UK’s Heat and Buildings Strategy
Speakers: Marcus Shepheard, Climate Change Committee; Edward Thompson, Ground Source Heat Pumps Association; Jonathan Collins, Cadent Gas Ltd.
16/03/22 – Energy Costs: Assessing support for consumers and options for business
Speakers: Alasdair Regan; Eddie Proffitt, Major Energy Users Council; Bram Claeys of Regulatory Assistance Project; Tom Brooke Bullard of Citizens Advice
23/02/22 – The impact of rising energy prices on businesses and how it can be mitigated
Speakers: Dr Richard Leese, Energy Intensive Users Group; Eddie Proffitt, Major Energy Users Council; David Mitchell, Chemical Industries Association
19/01/22 – The impact of rising energy prices on consumers and how it can be mitigated
Speakers: Simon Wilde and Meghna Tewari, Ofgem; Tom Brooke Bullard, Citizens Advice; Adam Scorer, National Energy Action and John Penrose
24/11/21 – Assessing COP 26 Outcomes
Speakers: Simon Markall, Energy UK; Estelle Dehon, Barrister at Cornerstone Barristers; Daniel Atzori, Cornwall Insight
27/10/21 – Meeting: The implications of gas price instability
Speakers: Jeremy Nicholson, Alfa Energy; Dominic Scott, Regulatory Assistance Project; David Lewis, Energy Economist
16/06/21 – Decarbonising Domestic Heating
Speakers: Charles Wood, Energy UK; Jan Rosenow, Regulatory Assistance Project; Laura Bishop, Ground Source Heat Pump Association
28/04/21 – Net Zero: How will we pay for it?
Speakers: Neil Hirst, Imperial College London and Sophie Yule-Bennett from The Regulatory Assistance Project
31/03/21 – “The White Paper and the Carbon Budget: are they consistent?”
Speakers: Clive Moffatt, Moffatt Associates; Ed Birkett, Policy Exchange; Mike Thompson, Climate Change Committee
24/02/21 – “What is the case for an independent system operator?”
Speakers: Cathryn Scott, Ofgem; Nick Winser, Energy Systems Catapult; Josh Buckland, Flint Global.
12/01/21 – Hydrogen: Cost, Storage and Transportation
Speakers: Rita Wadey, BEIS; Mark Crowther, Kiwa Gastec; Antony Green, National Grid
14/10/20 – RII0-2 networks price control: funding the transition to Net Zero carbon emissions energy
Speakers: Akshay Kaul, James Veaney and Eleanor Warburton, all from Ofgem.
09/09/20 – Delivering Net Zero by 2050: Does Government have an Effective Plan?
Speakers: Lord Deben, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change; Steve Holliday of the Energy Institute; Alice Barrs of RWE
26/02/20 – What carbon pricing policy mechanism should the UK adopt?
Speakers: Charlie Lewis, Emissions Trading and Industrial Decarbonisation at BEIS; Rachel Wolf, Zero Carbon Commission; Stuart Evans, Vivid Economics
11/06/19 – The Future of Energy
Speakers: Sam Hollister, Energy UK; George Day, Energy Systems Catapult; Jo Coleman, UK Energy Transition Manager, Shell UK
23/04/19 – The Future of Nuclear Energy in the UK
Speakers: David Orr, Rolls Royce; Paul Spence, Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, EDF Energy, and Malcolm Grimston, Nuclear Industry Association.
26/03/19 – What are the barriers to energy efficiency?
Speakers: Sophie Chirez, DNV GL; Dan Meredith, Senior Manager – External Affairs, E.ON; David Weatherall, Head of Policy, Energy Saving Trust
27/02/19 – Smart Meters: Progress, Problems and Benefits
Speakers: Dhara Vyas, Citizens Advice; Robert Cheesewright, Smart Energy GB; Stephen Luckhurst; Oliver Sinclair, Smart Meters Implementation Programme, BEIS
14/11/18 – Ofgem’s Plans for Cap on Default Energy Tariffs
Speakers: Rob Salter-Church, Ofgem Director of Consumers and Markets; Jemma Baker, Ofgem Head of Retail Price Regulation
17/10/18 – Onshore wind: prospects and problems
Speakers: Luke Clark, Head of External Affairs, RenewableUK; Ed Reed, Head of Consultancy Team, Cornwall Insight; Mark Knox, Director of Energy
05/09/18 – Progress with the Clean Growth Strategy
Speaker: Lord Deben
26/06/18 – Offshore Wind Sector Deal: Transforming People, Power and Places around the UK
Speakers: Mary Thorogood, UK Stakeholder Lead, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind; Benjamin Sykes, UK Country Manager, Wind Power, Orsted; Charles Thompson,
16/05/18 – The Prospects for Gas Storage
Speakers: Roddy Monroe, Independent Chair of the Gas Storage Operators Group; Nick Perry, Senior Advisor, Timera Energy; Will Webster, Energy Policy
25/04/18 – “Is regulation of utility networks effective at controlling costs?”
Speakers: Paul Bircham, Director of Strategy at Electricity North-West; Jeremy Nicholson of the Energy Intensive Users Group; Jonathan Brearley, Ofgem’s Senior
18/03/18 – The impact of Brexit on the UK Energy Sector
Speakers: Gwyn Dolben, past Head of European Affairs at Energy UK; Patrick Heren, energy commentator and adviser; and Robert Sale, Chief
21/02/18 – The future structure of the UK electricity market
Speakers: Laura Sandys, CEO, Challenging Ideas and Helm review panel member; Peter Atherton, Cornwall Insight; Ro Quinn, Head of SO Strategy,
16/01/18 – The Prospects for Small Modular Reactors
Speakers: Alan Woods, Rolls-Royce, Director, Nuclear Strategy and Development; David Powell, Vice President, GE Hitachi; Tyrone Sparkes, Director of UK Operations,
7/11/17 – Responses to the Helm Review
Speakers: Lawrence Slade, CE, Energy UK, and Brian Tilley, E.ON UK
17/10/17 – “Is Ofgem right to rely on switching to protect customers?”
Speaker: John Penrose MP
02/05/17 – Proposals to protect consumers in the gas and electricity markets
Speaker: John Penrose MP
28/03/17 – Updated assessment of the impact of carbon budgets on energy prices
Speaker: Mike Hemsley, Power Sector Analyst at Committee on Climate Change
21/02/17 – The Clean Energy Package
Speaker: Peter Handley, Head of Unit Resource Efficiency at the European Commission
24/01/17 – How energy is priced to consumers
Speakers: Richard Street, ICIS; Audrey Gallagher, Energy UK; Rachel Fletcher, Ofgem
9/11/16 – How storage can enable renewables to power the country cost-effectively
Speakers: David Capper, Electricity Systems Team, BEIS; Mark Howitt, Storelectric Ltd; Stephen Marland, Emerging Technology and Innovation, National Grid; Deirdre
18/10/16 – Maintaining Investment in the Light of Brexit
Speakers: Andy Koss, CEO of Drax Power, Jim Smith, Managing Director of Generation SSE, and Anna Stanford, Head of Policy and
13/09/16 – The Hinkley Point review
Speakers: Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson, EDF Energy, Michael Grubb, Professor of International Energy & Climate Change Policy, Inst. for Sustainable Resources, UCL, Mike Finnerty, Office
06/07/16 – The future of energy in Scotland and the North Sea
Speaker: Phil Boswell MP (SNP for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill since 2015, formerly in the oil and gas industry as a quantity
24/05/16 – The prospects for energy storage and its impact on the need for interconnectors
Speakers: Phil Sheppard, Director of System Operations, National Grid, John Prendergast, Energy Storage Manager, RES, and Richard Howard, Head of Environment & Energy, Policy Exchange
12/04/16 – Brexit: good or bad for UK energy?
Speakers: Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP and David Mowat MP
23/02/16 – The role of the Carbon Floor Price in meeting Government Energy Objectives
Speakers: Rob Cross, Statoil; Peter Haslam, Nuclear Industry Association; Martin Pibworth, Managing Director for Wholesale, SSE; Mike Thompson, Head of Carbon Budgets, Committee on
20/01/16 – Hinkley Point C, the proposed new nuclear power station in Somerset.
Speaker: Nigel Knee, Head of Nuclear Policy EDF Energy
24/11/15 – DECC Minister of State Andrea Leadsom MP.
Speakers: The Rt. Hon. Peter Lilley, MP; Andrea Leadsom MP, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change
8/10/15 – Zero subsidy renewables – achievability and cost implications
Speakers: Maf Smith, Deputy CE, RenewableUK; Reza Shaybani, Chairman, British Photovoltaic Association; Richard Howard, Head of Environment and Energy, Policy Exchange
05/09/15 – Smart Metering: Costs and Consumer Benefits
Speakers: Sara-Jane Asquith, Director Retail Transformation, SSE; Jonathan Simcock, Managing Director, DCC; Pete Moorey, Head of Campaigns at Which?; Alan Over, Deputy Director of
14/07/15 – Transmission costs
Speakers: Patrick Hynes, Electricity Charging and Capacity Development Manager for National Grid, and Catherine Williams, Head of Commercial regulation at Ofgem
23/06/15 – 10 years to prepare for a low carbon transition
Speakers: George Day, The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and Leigh Hackett, CEO of Capture Power, responsible for the White Rose CCS Project
09/06/15 – Fracking in the UK
Speaker: Francis Egan, CEO Cuadrilla Tuesday 9 June, 2015 Chair: Lord Palmer Lord Palmer opened the meeting, welcoming the attendees and speaker.