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The Energy Wander: Where is UK energy policy going? Igov: Progressive Energy Governance Conference Royal Geographical Society 21 May 2014 Jim Skea Research Councils UK Energy Strategy Fellow

THE ENERGY WANDER CLIMATE AFFORDABILITY SECURITY

UK energy policy in context INTERNATIONAL EU UK ENERGY POLICY DEVOLVED “DELIVERY” POWERS

UK energy policy system BIS HMT FCO DfT DECC DfID CLG Defra

“Delivery” PLANNING ECONOMIC Minerals Planning Ofgem • • Authorities Competition Commission • Local Authorities • Crown Estate • ADVICE GOVERNMENT HSE Committee on Climate • Environment Agency • Change Health and Safety • Fuel Poverty Advisory • Executive Group DELIVERY LEGACY OTHER Nuclear Decommissioning Authority • Ofgem-eserve • Committee on Radioactive Waste • Civil Nuclear Police • CFD Counterparty Company • Management Authority National Grid • Nuclear Liabilities Fund • National Nuclear • Elexon • Nuclear Liabilities Financing • Laboratories DECC “Deployment Offices”: • Assurance Board CCS; Nuclear; Renewables Coal Authority •

EU and international IEA DG-Energy DG-Climate Action UNFCCC/Kyoto UK DG-Environment Law of the Sea DG-RTD DG-Competition

Energy – a shared competence between EU and Member States “In the context of the establishment and functioning of the internal market and with regard for the need to preserve and improve the environment, Union policy on energy shall aim to: a) ensure the functioning of the energy market; b) ensure security of energy supply in the Union; c) promote energy efficiency and energy saving and the development of new and renewable forms of energy; and d) promote the interconnection of energy networks. “measures shall not affect a Member State's right to determine the conditions for exploiting its energy resources, its choice between different energy sources and the general structure of its energy supply.” Source: Title XXI of the Treaty on European Union

UK governance SCOTLAND • energy reserved • many aspects of UK delivery devolved • ????? WALES NORTHERN IRELAND • energy reserved • many aspects of • energy devolved delivery devolved

Simplicity is a mirage – it’s intrinsically complicated: The inherent tensions • competing and contested views of energy futures • ideological divides – manifest in views on climate change science, renewables (especially onshore wind), fracking etc… • alignment or otherwise with wider EU/international direction • climate ambition and delivery • “difficult” technologies: CCS, nuclear, shale gas • ambition and austerity • resilience to “events” • insiders and outsiders: views of the “policy class” v people at large → policy dissonance

Competing and contested views of energy futures to 2040

BP Energy Outlook 2035

Ideological divides

Aligning with EU/international goals

Ambition and austerity

Events, dear boy, events….

Insiders and outsiders

Policy dissonance “The excessive mental stress and discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time”

Final thoughts • the unavoidable need: attracting inward investment • What style of energy governance? • clearer and more focused central direction? • more distributed decision-making? • progressive energy governance?

THE ENERGY UNTERGANG? CLIMATE AFFORDABILITY SECURITY

THE ENERGY GEMEINSCHAFT? CLIMATE AFFORDABILITY SECURITY

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