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Energy

Power in abundance

Ten papers on dependable electricity that households can afford and industry can use to expand.

10 PAPERS258 MIN IN TOTALIN DRAFT
Start with paper 01 → The programme in brief

The energy papers set out a programme for dependable electricity that households can afford and industry can use to expand. The national climate targets and carbon-budget duties are repealed and replaced with objectives of affordability, dependable supply, industrial capacity and sovereign control. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme is replaced with a fixed carbon tax of £10 per tonne, the UK carbon border adjustment mechanism is abolished from the start of year two and the mandates on vehicle sales and boiler replacement are removed.

The electricity system is planned and purchased as a whole. The National Energy System Operator is given a binding rolling plan of ten to fifteen years, and a separate central purchaser buys default energy, hedging and reliability services, while operational markets and independent dispatch are preserved. Private concessions then compete to serve customers on billing, service and flexibility. New nuclear, coal and selected gas generation are built through an independent, British-controlled and asset-locked mutual, with the first nuclear proving builds funded publicly and repeat nuclear prioritised as evidence permits.

Investment in domestic fuel is restored. North Sea exploration and development reopen under ordinary corporation tax with usable investment relief, private shale appraisal resumes alongside university and industry research and a commercial route reopens for domestic coal mining. Approved infrastructure is made deliverable through the build reforms above, a Cabinet delivery minister and a golden share protecting national transmission, with new demand connections released in step with dependable supply. Contracts already signed are honoured, but the cost of inherited renewable subsidies comes off the price of each unit of electricity and is recovered through a fixed, banded charge, with industry exempt and its share funded from taxation. Routine subsidies for particular technologies end from year one.

THE PAPERS

10 papers, read in order or alone

  1. 01 UK Energy Reform SummaryThe six decisions and the delivery timetable for the first term. 5 MIN
  2. 02 UK Electricity Market ReformA binding system plan, a central purchaser and private customer-service concessions. 40 MIN
  3. 03 Generation Expansion and Mutual FinanceA British-controlled generation mutual for new nuclear, coal and selected gas. 48 MIN
  4. 04 Electricity Supply through the TransitionThe evidence on generation procurement and fuel security through the transition. 18 MIN
  5. 05 Domestic Fuel Supply: Oil, Gas and CoalReopening the North Sea under ordinary corporation tax and a commercial route for domestic coal. 29 MIN
  6. 06 Fracking Research and Private DevelopmentA lawful route to private shale appraisal and development where the evidence supports it. 27 MIN
  7. 07 Other Energy Sources and StorageHydro, storage and local heat under a common appraisal framework. 16 MIN
  8. 08 Transport and Heat DemandRemoving sales quotas and boiler mandates while keeping new demand off the winter peak. 6 MIN
  9. 09 Legacy Renewable CommitmentsHonouring inherited contracts while taking their cost off the price of each unit of electricity. 25 MIN
  10. 10 UK Energy Reform Programme AnnexShared rules on ownership, contracts, legislation and funding. 44 MIN

Elsewhere in the productive engine

§ 06 CAPITAL FOR BRITAIN British capital for British growth Freeing banks to lend to business and reserving tax relief on savings for investment in Britain. § 07 BUILDING BRITISH SKILLS Every citizen, every route A National Skills Account for every citizen, Universities of Technology and employers who pay to train. § 08 BUILDING BRITISH INDUSTRY Fewer missions, stronger places Four production missions and eleven production regions in which Britain can own capabilities that others depend on. § 09 SEA POWER Navy first A navy first defence for an island nation, with forces sized to their tasks and paid for at the lowest cost that meets them. THE WHOLE PROGRAMME The programme in brief Every paper summarised on one page.