Energy Act 2010

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 Carbon capture and storage and decarbonisation

   1. Financial assistance

      1. 1. Financial assistance

      2. 2. Assistance schemes: further provision

      3. 3. Regulations relating to assistance schemes

   2. Electricity supply levy

      1. 4. Electricity supply levy

   3. Reports

      1. 5. Reports on decarbonisation and CCS progress

   4. General

      1. 6. The administrator

      2. 7. CCS demonstration projects and additional CCS use

      3. 8. Interpretation of Part

3. Part 2 Schemes for reducing fuel poverty

   1. 9. Schemes for reducing fuel poverty

   2. 10. Schemes for reducing fuel poverty: supplementary

   3. 11. Reconciliation mechanism: regulations

   4. 12. Reconciliation mechanism: licence modifications

   5. 13. Duty of Authority to keep schemes under review

   6. 14. Regulations under Part 2: procedure etc

   7. 14A. Power of the Scottish Ministers to make schemes under Part 2

   8. 15. Schemes for reducing fuel poverty: interpretation

4. Part 3 Regulation of gas and electricity markets

   1. General duties of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority and the Secretary of State

      1. 16. Amendments of section 4AA of the Gas Act 1986

      2. 17. Amendments of section 3A of the Electricity Act 1989

   2. Exploitation of electricity trading and transmission arrangements

      1. 18. Power to make modifications

      2. 19. The Authority's interpretation and enforcement of modifications

      3. 20. Final and provisional orders: appeals

      4. 21. Penalties: appeals

      5. 22. Further appeals

      6. 23. Expiry of power

   3. Time limit for imposition of financial penalties by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority

      1. 24. Time limit for the imposition of financial penalties

   4. Notice of unilateral changes to domestic supply contracts

      1. 25. Modifications of supply licences: notice of unilateral changes to domestic supply contracts

   5. Adjustment of energy charges

      1. 26. Adjustment of charges to help disadvantaged groups of customers

      2. 27. Schemes: supplementary

      3. 28. Regulations adjusting energy charges: supplementary

      4. 29. Adjustment of energy charges: interpretation

5. Part 4 Final provisions

   1. 30. General duties of the Authority and the Secretary of State

   2. 31. Orders and regulations

   3. 32. Modifications of licences etc: Parliamentary procedure

   4. 33. Licence modifications etc

   5. 34. Interpretation of Act

   6. 35. Consequential amendments

   7. 36. Financial provisions

   8. 37. Extent

   9. 38. Commencement

   10. 39. Short title

6. 1. SCHEDULE

      Consequential Amendments

      1. Gas Act 1986

         1. 1. The Gas Act 1986 is amended as follows.

         2. 2. (1) In section 28(8) (orders for securing compliance), in the...

         3. 3. Omit sections 41A and 41B (adjustment of charges to help...

         4. 4. In section 64(2) (provisions as to orders), omit “41A,”.

      2. Electricity Act 1989

         1. 5. The Electricity Act 1989 is amended as follows.

         2. 6. (1) In section 25(8) (orders for securing compliance), in the...

         3. 7. In section 27 (validity and effect of orders), after subsection...

         4. 8. In section 27E (appeals), after subsection (9) insert—

         5. 9. Omit sections 43A and 43B (adjustment of charges to help...

         6. 10. In section 106(2) (provisions as to orders), omit “43A,”.

      3. Utilities Act 2000

         1. 11. The Utilities Act 2000 is amended as follows.

         2. 12. In section 33(1) (standard conditions of electricity licences)—

         3. 13. Omit section 69 (help for disadvantaged groups of electricity customers)....

         4. 14. In section 81(2) (standard conditions of gas licences)—

         5. 15. Omit section 98 (help for disadvantaged groups of gas customers)....

         6. 16. In section 105 (general restrictions on disclosure of information)—