Conference diary - action on Energy

The session at Conservative Party Conference this afternoon on Climate Change and the green economy began in darkness.

Then Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary Greg Clark began the session with the words


“If we had another term of Labour, we’d have to get used to sitting in the dark. Because for the first time since the 1970s, the Government is expecting to resort to power cuts during the years ahead. So a Conservative Government would begin with a bound and with immediate action to keep Britain’s lights on, to cut greenhouse gas emissions and give Britain leadership in a low carbon world.”

He then outlined Conservative plans for Energy and climate change, several of which were particularly relevant to Copeland: an incoming Conservative government will quickly

* publish the planning guidance essential for new nuclear power.

* mandate the National Grid to extend its network out to sea


(Very relevant to West Cumbria because one of the major issues for the "Energy Coast" plans for our area, including both Nuclear and other forms of power, is the grid capacity to get any energy we produce to where it is needed.)

Other Conservative policies for Energy and Climate change include the following:

We will immediately authorise 5 GW of clean coal capacity.
We will build marine energy parks, to be world centres in harnessing the power of the sea.
We will provide incentives for biodigestion in towns and on farms.
We will allow communities that choose to host onshore wind farms to keep all of the business rates they generate for six years.
We will upgrade our 50 year old national grid into a smart grid for the 21st Century.
We will make sure that every electric car has an overnight charging point.
We will require every bill to disclose the cheapest possible tariff and how to move it.
We will replace electricity and gas meters with smart meters.
We will require complete transparency in wholesale and retail energy prices.
And we will give every household in Britain a Green Deal, the right to have any efficiency works that will save money on the bill, without delay.

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