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The Energy Wander: Where is UK energy policy going? Igov: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Energy Wander: Where is UK energy policy going? Igov: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Energy Wander: Where is UK energy policy going? Igov: Progressive Energy Governance Conference Royal Geographical Society 21 May 2014 Jim Skea Research Councils UK Energy Strategy Fellow THE ENERGY WANDER CLIMATE AFFORDABILITY SECURITY
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UK energy policy in context
UK ENERGY POLICY INTERNATIONAL EU DEVOLVED POWERS “DELIVERY”
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UK energy policy system
DECC
BIS FCO DfID DfT
HMT
CLG Defra
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“Delivery”
GOVERNMENT
PLANNING
- Minerals Planning
Authorities
- Local Authorities
- Crown Estate
ECONOMIC
- Ofgem
- Competition Commission
HSE
- Environment Agency
- Health and Safety
Executive
LEGACY
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Committee on Radioactive Waste
Management
- Nuclear Liabilities Fund
- Nuclear Liabilities Financing
Assurance Board
- Coal Authority
ADVICE
- Committee on Climate
Change
- Fuel Poverty Advisory
Group
OTHER
- Civil Nuclear Police
Authority
- National Nuclear
Laboratories
DELIVERY
- Ofgem-eserve
- CFD Counterparty Company
- National Grid
- Elexon
- DECC “Deployment Offices”:
CCS; Nuclear; Renewables
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EU and international
UK
IEA DG-Energy UNFCCC/Kyoto Law of the Sea DG-Climate Action DG-Environment DG-Competition DG-RTD
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Energy – a shared competence between EU and Member States
“In the context of the establishment and functioning of the internal market and with regard for the need to preserve and improve the environment, Union policy on energy shall aim to:
a) ensure the functioning of the energy market; b) ensure security of energy supply in the Union; c) promote energy efficiency and energy saving and the development of new and renewable forms of energy; and d) promote the interconnection of energy networks.
“measures shall not affect a Member State's right to determine the conditions for exploiting its energy resources, its choice between different energy sources and the general structure of its energy supply.”
Source: Title XXI of the Treaty on European Union
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UK governance
UK
SCOTLAND
- energy reserved
- many aspects of
delivery devolved
- ?????
NORTHERN IRELAND
- energy devolved
WALES
- energy reserved
- many aspects of
delivery devolved
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Simplicity is a mirage – it’s intrinsically complicated: The inherent tensions
- competing and contested views of energy futures
- ideological divides – manifest in views on climate change
science, renewables (especially onshore wind), fracking etc…
- alignment or otherwise with wider EU/international direction
- climate ambition and delivery
- “difficult” technologies: CCS, nuclear, shale gas
- ambition and austerity
- resilience to “events”
- insiders and outsiders: views of the “policy class” v people at
large
→
policy dissonance
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Competing and contested views of energy futures to 2040
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BP Energy Outlook 2035
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Ideological divides
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Aligning with EU/international goals
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Ambition and austerity
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Events, dear boy, events….
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Insiders and outsiders
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Policy dissonance
“The excessive mental stress and discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time”
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Final thoughts
- the unavoidable need: attracting inward investment
- What style of energy governance?
- clearer and more focused central direction?
- more distributed decision-making?
- progressive energy governance?
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CLIMATE SECURITY AFFORDABILITY
THE ENERGY UNTERGANG?
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CLIMATE SECURITY AFFORDABILITY
THE ENERGY GEMEINSCHAFT?
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