Sustainable Energy Act 2003

1 Annual reports on progress towards sustainable energy aims U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State must [F1 , for each reporting period, ] publish a report (“a sustainable energy report”) on the progress made in the reporting period towards—

(a) cutting the United Kingdom’s carbon emissions;

(b) maintaining the reliability of the United Kingdom’s energy supplies;

(c) promoting competitive energy markets in the United Kingdom; F2 ...

(d) reducing the number of people living in fuel poverty in the United Kingdom

F3 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4 (1A) The report must include, in particular, all such information as the Secretary of State considers appropriate about—

F5 ( a ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 ( b ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F6 (ba) things done during that period pursuant to section 19 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 for the purpose of promoting community energy projects;

(bb) things done during that period pursuant to section 21 of that Act for the purpose of promoting the use of heat produced from renewable sources;]

F5 ( c ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F7 (d) things done during that period for the purpose of implementing the strategy for the promotion of microgeneration in Great Britain published under section 82 of the Energy Act 2004.]]

F8 (1AA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9 (1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9 (1C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F10 (2) “ Reporting period ”, for the purposes of subsections (1) to (1AA), means—

(a) the period beginning with 24 February 2008 and ending with 31 December 2008, and

(b) each successive calendar year.

(3) A sustainable energy report must be published during the period beginning with 1 January and ending with 31 October following the reporting period to which it relates (“the publication period”).]

(4) A sustainable energy report may either be published as a single report or published in a number of parts during the publication period, and any such report or part may be contained in a document containing other material.

[F11 (4A) A report or part of a report published under this section must specify the period to which it relates.]

(5) A sustainable energy report must be based on such information as is available to the Secretary of State when the report is completed (except that if it is published in parts, each of those parts must be based on such information as is so available when that part is completed).

(6) For the purposes of this section a person is to be regarded as living in fuel poverty if he is a member of a household living on a lower income in a home which cannot be kept warm at a reasonable cost.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 1(1) substituted (26.1.2009) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 87(1)(a), 110(2); S.I. 2009/45, art. 2(d)(ii)

F2 Word in s. 1(1)(c) omitted (1.1.2007) by virtue of Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19), ss. 12(2)(a), 28(2)

F3 S. 1(1)(e) ceased to have effect (21.3.2012) by virtue of Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), ss. 118(3)(a), 121(1); S.I. 2012/873, art. 2(c)

F4 S. 1(1A)-(1C) inserted (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 81(2), 198(2); S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F5 S. 1(1A)(a)(b)(c) repealed (26.1.2009) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 87(1)(b), 110(2), Sch. 6; S.I. 2009/45, art. 2(d)(e)(vi)(ff)(ii)

F6 S. 1(1A)(ba)(bb) inserted (1.1.2007) by Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19), ss. 22(a), 28(2)

F7 S. 1(1A)(d) and preceding word inserted (1.1.2007) by Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19), ss. 6(b), 28(2)

F8 S. 1(1AA) ceased to have effect (21.3.2012) by virtue of Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), ss. 118(3)(b), 121(1); S.I. 2012/873, art. 2(c)

F9 S. 1(1B)(1C) repealed (26.1.2009) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 87(1)(c), 110(2), Sch. 6; S.I. 2009/45, art. 2(d)(e)(vi)(ff)(ii)

F10 S. 1(2)(3) substituted (26.1.2009) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 87(1)(d), 110(2); S.I. 2009/45, art. 2(d)(ii)

F11 S. 1(4A) inserted (26.1.2009) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 87(1)(e), 110(2); S.I. 2009/45, art. 2(d)(ii)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 1 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (21.8.2006) by Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19), ss. 5(2), 28(1)