Remit
The remit, as agreed at the outset of the inquiry, was-
"The Committee will consider Scotland’s energy needs in a changing UK electricity market. The inquiry will focus on the security of supply and four themes in particular: supply, demand, the transmission network and market functioning."
Evidence
Read the written submissions received
The Committee’s inquiry began on 20 May with a roundtable of experts:
- Gareth Harrison, University of Edinburgh, and the Young Academy of Scotland
- Colin McInnes, University of Glasgow
- Keith Bell, University of Strathclyde and UK Energy Research Centre
- Alan Walker, the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Ian M Arbon, Energy and Environment in Scotland for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
- Michael Rieley, Scottish Renewables
- Edward Owens, Heriot-Watt University
- Brian Galloway, Scottish Power
- Lawrence Slade, Energy UK
You can watch the meeting on May 20 here.
Panel 1 – Immediate Future to 2020
- Simon Skillings, Trilemna UK Ltd and E3G
- Karen Turner, Centre for Energy Policy
Panel 2 – New Technology & Efficiency
- Stuart Haszeldine, University of Edinburgh
- Mark Crowther, UK Hyrdrogen and Fuel Cell Association
- Andrew Jones, Electricity Storage Network
- Susan Roaf, Heriot Watt University
- Chris Toop, Scottish Water
Official Report of meeting 27 May 2015
3 June
Panel 1 – Post 2020
- Malcolm Keay, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
- Gina Hanrahan, WWF Scotland
- Neal Wade, Newcastle University
- Marco Giuli, European Policy Centre
Panel 2 – Regulators and Grid
- Kersti Berge, Ofgem
- Eric Leavy, Scottish Power Energy Networks
- David Gardner, SSE
- Mike Calviou, National Grid
17 June – Scottish Government
- Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism
- Graeme Sweeney, Scottish Energy Advisory Board
- Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
2 September
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Official Report of meeting 2 September 2015.
Report
The Committee published its report on 26 October 2015.
Additional Information
Correspondence
The Barbour Partnership LLP (926KB pdf)
Responses to report