Dieter Helm questioned on Cost of Energy Review

12 January 2018

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee holds an evidence session on Dieter Helm's Independent Review on the Cost of Energy.

Witnesses

Tuesday 16 January 2017 in Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster

At 10am

Panel 1

Emma Pinchbeck, Executive Director, RenewableUK
Professor Jim Skea CBE, Member, Committee on Climate Change
Nigel Turvey, Chair of the ENA Open Networks Project, Energy Networks Association
Professor Jim Watson, Director, UK Energy Research Centre

Panel 2

Professor Dieter Helm, CBE

The Committee will question author Professor Dieter Helm, CBE, on the review and also hear from stakeholders including representatives from RenewableUK, the Committee on Climate Change, the Energy Networks Association, and the UK Energy Research Centre.

The Independent review

The independent review, commissioned by Government, looked into each element of the electricity supply chain, including generation, transmission, distribution and supply. In the review, Professor Helm set out what he saw as the failings of the current market framework and structures.

The government has the ambition for the UK to have the lowest energy costs in Europe, for both households and businesses. The specific aim of Helm's review was to report and make recommendations on how these objectives, and keeping to carbon targets and ensuring security of supply, can be met at minimum cost and without imposing further costs on the exchequer. In this evidence session, the Committee will be keen to explore Professor Helm's recommendations and how workable they are in the context of the Government's overall energy and climate change policy.

Purpose of the session

The session is likely to explore areas such as carbon pricing, low carbon technologies, energy networks, R&D and industrial strategy.

Further information

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