Energy Bill [HL]

30: After Clause 64, insert the following new Clause— ““Advice on benefits of new or under-utilised technologies (1) For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State to assess the benefits of new or under-utilised technologies in reducing home heating costs and dealing with fuel poverty, the Secretary of State must request the advice of the bodies specified in subsection (2) on the following technologies— (a) passive flue gas heat recovery systems (““PFGHR systems””); (b) voltage optimisation technologies; (c) standby down-powering technologies; (d) dynamic demand technologies; (e) district network connection technologies; and (f) such other technologies as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate. (2) The bodies referred to in subsection (1) are— (a) the Energy Saving Trust; (b) the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group. (3) A request for advice made pursuant to subsection (1) may also include a request for advice as to how those technologies can assist in combating climate change. (4) The Climate Change Committee must within 12 months of the coming into force of this section consider and produce a report on the ways in which the technologies specified in subsection (1) can assist in reducing carbon emissions. (5) In this section— ““PFGHR systems”” means technology that can use the waste heat from condensing boilers in order to heat water; ““voltage optimisation technologies”” are technologies that lower the input of voltage to electrical equipment from that at which electricity is currently generated; ““standby down-powering technologies”” are methods by which electrical equipment is turned off, or reduced, during periods of non-use; ““dynamic demand”” has the same meaning as in the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006; ““district network connection technologies”” are technologies that enable consumers to link up lower cost and lower polluting energy generation.””