Infrastructure Bill (House of Lords)

Part 4 and Schedule 5 make provision about a community electricity right which, if exercised, will give individuals resident in a community, or groups connected with a community, the right to buy a stake in a renewable electricity development in or adjacent to the community.

Bill includes:

• to make provision to enable building regulations to provide for off-site carbon abatement measures;
• to make provision for giving members of communities the right to buy stakes in local renewable electricity generation facilities;
• to make provision about maximising economic recovery of petroleum in the United Kingdom;
• to provide for a levy to be charged on holders of certain energy licences;
• to enable Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to exercise functions in connection with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative;
• to make provision for underground access to deep-level land for the purposes of exploiting petroleum or deep geothermal energy;
• to make provision about renewable heat incentives;
• to make provision about the reimbursement of persons who have paid for electricity connections;

Latest event -

26 Jan 2015 Report Stage House of Commons. This Bill has now completed all its stages in the House of Commons. This Bill will now return to the House of Lords for consideration of amendments.