Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Agenda: 21 March 2023
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
10th Meeting, 2023
Full agenda and available meeting papers
1. Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.
2. Scotland’s electricity infrastructure: inhibitor or enabler of our energy ambitions?
The Committee will take evidence from—
- Stuart Haszeldine OBE
Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage
University of Edinburgh - Clare Lavelle
Director, Energy and Advisory Leader North
Arup - Tom Quinn
Head of Analysis and Insights
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult - Emily Rice
Scotland Policy Analyst
Solar Energy UK - Mark Hull
Chief Technical Officer
Community Energy Scotland - Scott Mathieson
Network Planning and Regulation Director
ScottishPower Energy Networks - Aileen McLeod
Director of Business Planning and Commercial
SSEN Transmission - Morag Watson
Director of Policy
Scottish Renewables
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Clerk_Paper_1 (531KB, pdf) posted 16 March 2023
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
3. UK subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in relation to the following UK statutory instrument proposals—
The REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Clerk_Paper_3 (206KB, pdf) posted 16 March 2023
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
4. Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
Water and Sewerage Services to Dwellings (Collection of Unmetered Charges by Local Authority) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/052)
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Clerk_Paper_5 (119KB, pdf) posted 16 March 2023
5. Scotland’s electricity infrastructure: inhibitor or enabler of our energy ambitions?
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
6. Appointments to the Board of Environmental Standards Scotland
The Committee will consider correspondence from the Scottish Government.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item