| Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom: House of Lords: Select Committee on the European Union |
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| Publisher | The Stationery Office (TSO) |
| Series Title | 10th Report |
| Series Details | (2017-19)HL63 |
| Publication Date | 29/01/2018 |
| Content Type | Policy-making, Report |
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The United Kingdom House of Lords: Select Committee on the European Union: EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee published a report on Brexit: energy security on the 29 January 2018. The report looked at implications for energy supply, consumer costs and decarbonisation. Further information The report stated that Brexit would put the UK's current frictionless trade in energy with the EU at risk. The Committee called on the UK Government to set out how it would work with the EU to anticipate and manage supply shortages, and to assess what impact leaving the Internal Energy Market would have on the price paid by consumers for their energy. The Committee also heard that the UK's ability to build future nuclear generation sites, including Hinkley Point C, was in doubt if access to specialist EU workers was curtailed, and that failure to replace the provisions of the Euratom Treaty by the time the UK left the EU could result in the UK being unable to import nuclear materials. The Committee found that EU investment had made a significant contribution to constructing and maintaining a secure energy system in the UK, and that replacing this funding would be critical to ensuring sufficient infrastructure was in place to enable future energy trading. The report concluded that, post-Brexit, the UK may be more vulnerable to energy shortages in the event of extreme weather or unplanned generation outages, and asked the Government to set out how it would work with the EU to anticipate and manage such conditions. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldeucom/63/63.pdf |
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| Subject Categories | Energy |
| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
