Meetings

Energy Policy in Wales

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

Meeting: 22/03/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from Welsh Government to the Chair on Community Energy Projects

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Minutes:

Members noted the letter.

 


Meeting: 22/03/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Chair to Welsh Government on Community Energy Projects

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Minutes:

Members noted the letter.


Meeting: 07/02/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)

Pre-meeting


Meeting: 07/02/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

The virtual energy market - presentation from Centrica

Nick Speed, Head of Public Affairs and Policy Wales, Centrica

Stuart Fowler, Commercial Manager, Centrica Business Solutions

 

Minutes:

Nick Speed and Stuart Fowler made a presentation and responded to questions from the Committee about local energy markets.


Meeting: 07/02/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Discussion of the letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs on community energy

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The Committee agreed the letter.


Meeting: 18/01/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2.)

Visit to Gower Power Community Co-operative as part of inquiry into community energy


Meeting: 14/12/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Inquiry into community energy - oral evidence session

Holly Cross – Director, Cwm Arian Renewable Energy

Benedict Ferguson - Director (Treasurer), Community Energy in Pembrokeshire

Grant Peisley – Director, Cyd Ynni (participating via video conference)

Jenny Wong – Coetir Mynydd (Cyd Ynni, consortium) (participating via video conference)

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Minutes:

Benedict Ferguson, Holly Cross, Grant Peisley and Jenny Wong introduced themselves and responded to questions from Members.


Meeting: 14/12/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Inquiry into community energy - oral evidence session

Merlin Hyman - Chief Executive, Regen South West

Robert Proctor – Business Development Manager, Community Energy Wales

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Minutes:

Merlin Hyman and Robert Proctor introduced themselves and responded to questions from Members.


Meeting: 18/10/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Discussion on Committee work on energy policies

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Minutes:

The Committee agreed to undertake further work on energy policies.


Meeting: 28/09/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1.)

Visit to SOLCER House


Meeting: 28/06/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Energy policy inquiry paper

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Minutes:

The Committee discussed the paper and agreed to undertake an inquiry into energy policy in Wales.

 

The Committee agreed to seek to work collaboratively with other UK legislatures on matters relating to energy policy.


Meeting: 09/02/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

Consideration of oral evidence

Minutes:

Members discussed the evidence they heard during the meeting.


Meeting: 09/02/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Energy policy in Wales: storage technology

Oliver Farr, Solar Plants

Jacqueline Edge, Energy Storage Research Network

Andy Ling, Perpetual Systems V2G

Minutes:

The witnesses responded to questions from Members.


Meeting: 09/02/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Energy policy in Wales: heat from hydrogen

Jon Maddy, University of South Wales

Guto Owen, Director, Ynni Glân

Mark Crowther, Director, Kiwa Ltd

Steve Edwards, Wales and West Utilities

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Minutes:

The witnesses responded to questions from Members.