Department of Energy and Climate Change Select Committee Rt Hon Edward Davey secretary of state MP Phil Wynn Owen portcullis house
Department of Energy and Climate Change Annual Report and Accounts
23 January 2013
The Energy and Climate Change Committee will take evidence in public on DECC Annual Report and Accounts at 10.00am on Wednesday 23 January 2013 in The Wilson Room, Portcullis House.
Witnesses
At 10am
- Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, (DECC)
- Phil Wynn Owen, Interim Permanent Secretary, DECC
- Vanessa Nicholls, Temporary Chief Operating Officer, DECC
- Simon Virley, Director General, Energy Markets and Infrastructure, DECC
Timings are approximate.
Issues
The session will explore a range of issues, including:
- DECC's financial management and policy delivery
- The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and its budget management
- The funding and policy for Carbon Capture and Storage
- The Levy Control Framework and its impact on bill payers
- Energy security and capacity margins
- Leadership, skills and capacity within DECC
- Offshore electricity transmission and the licensing regime in place