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  Energy Bill - New Clause 8 - Setting a Decarbonisation Target Range
  
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  @ MP voted aye to set a decarbonisation target for the UK within six months of June 2016 and to review it annually thereafter. 
  @ MP voted no against setting a decarbonisation target for the UK within six months of June 2016 and to review it annually thereafter. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against setting a decarbonisation target for the UK within six months of June 2016 and to review it annually thereafter.
  
  The timescale for the adoption of the target was given as within six months of the adoption of the fifth carbon budget.  Under [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/section/4 Section 4 of the Climate Change Act 2008] Carbon budgets must be set at least 12 years before the period in question starts. The fifth budget is for the period from 2028 and must be set by June 2016. 
  
  In the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/contents/enacted/data.htm Energy Act 2013] decarbonisation means reducing the carbon intensity of electricity generation in the UK.
  
  MPs were considering the Energy Bill.[1]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled:''Decarbonisation target range'' and stated:
  
  :â(1) [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/1/enacted Section 1 of the Energy Act 2013] is amended as follows.
  
  :(2) Leave out subsection (2) and insertâ
  
  :â(2) The Secretary of State must by order (âa decarbonisation orderâ) set a decarbonisation target range, which shall be reviewed annually thereafter.â
  
  :(3) Leave out subsection (5) and insertâ
  
  :â(5) The decarbonisation order shall be made within six months of the adoption of the fifth carbon budget set by virtue of the duty of the Secretary of State under [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/section/4 section 4 (2) (b) of the climate Change Act 2008].â"
  
  [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/1/enacted Subsections (1) and (2) of Section 1 the  of the Energy Act 2013] state:
  
  :(1)It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure, in respect of each year in relation to which a decarbonisation target range is set, that the carbon intensity of electricity generation in the United Kingdom is no greater than the maximum permitted level of the decarbonisation target range.
  
  :(2)The Secretary of State may by order (âa decarbonisation orderâ) set or amend a decarbonisation target range in relation to a year.
  
  Subsection (5), which was left unchanged as a result of this vote, begins:
  
  :(5)The earliest year in relation to which a decarbonisation target range may be set is 2030;
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/energy.html Parliament's webpage on the Energy Bill]
  
  
  
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