Additional powers in UK Govt's draft Energy Bill

The Government plans to introduce additional powers in its draft Energy Bill to provide certainty about the details of energy regulation that investors are looking for, the Energy Secretary has announced.

Addressing senior industry figures at an event hosted by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Ed Davey confirmed that a new version of the Bill would be published next month. An early draft (307-page / 1.9MB PDF), made available for 'pre-legislative scrutiny' in May, has been criticised by the industry for leaving much of the detail of the Government's flagship Electricity Market Reform (EMR) programme to be covered by later secondary legislation.