Member

When I read Amendment 82B in the name of the noble Lords, Lord Offord of Garvel and Lord Roborough, I was not against it but questioned why they particularly wanted to bring it forward. The noble Lord has clarified that it is basically seeking to monitor and get a sense of what is happening with the introduction of this long-duration energy storage. Recently, we had the House of Lords report on this, and it is an important part of our energy transition and the stability of our network. To be clear, this was not in any way the cause of the fire in the Iberian peninsula. The noble Lord, Lord Roborough, says that there should be a five-year reporting mechanism. I ask him whether that needs to be shortened. I am not against his amendment, but, considering we are to have clean power for 2030, to be effective we would really need a yearly reporting mechanism. With that, I welcome both amendments.