12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, yes. Sure.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Thank you. Huw, did you want to come in on this?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
There's a lot of talking to Welsh Government that needs to happen. Now, I'm a bit concerned, because we have a strategy and we have an action plan, but still there are a lot of areas that you say you still need to discuss. Surely we should be ahead a little…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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How do we avoid a situation where the private sector comes in and cherry-picks the more lucrative options, because it was in evidence earlier that we heard that there are models of bundling together, or mixing together, the higher and the lower return…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
So, we don't have a representative from local authorities, obviously, but maybe, Geoff, you'd have a general overview on that.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Thank you. Right, sorry, Janet, we'll come to you now then. There we are.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, okay. I know Janet wants to come in on private investment in a moment, but, before we get there, I just wanted to cover one other area, really, and it's about delivering infrastructure on the strategic road network, which has obviously been a focus of…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Because some of the evidence we had earlier suggested that we don't need that, because average car journeys are 20 minutes, they said, and you don't need to be charging every car in every household every night.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Because the planning system can drive a lot of this, can't it? It really can create that necessity to incorporate much of the infrastructure into everyday developments.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
We've strayed into planning quite a bit there. I don't know, Jenny, if you want to pick up on some of those points.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
You're right; there's always that danger that we just keep on demanding more and more and more. Huw.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, okay. Is there anything in terms of planning that could help facilitate some of that?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Because we or whoever could articulate a vision in terms of where anticipated investment is required in terms of the grid, but that doesn't make it happen, does it? And who pays for that and all of that? Much of this is not devolved, as well, so there are a…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
So, there are two things there, aren't there, there's the grid as it is and then the potential of greater innovation, really, so maybe addressing both of those.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, that's an important point. Okay, thank you. Right, we want to focus on grid infrastructure, which comes up regularly in these discussions, so, Janet, do you want to start on that?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes. Okay. Sure. Okay, thank you for that. Of course, we've already seen that a number of KPI deadlines haven't been met: I've got establishing the connections group, a building regulations review, development of the national procurement standard…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And not insignificant items.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
It may be the right place, but obviously, there's a long list there, isn't there?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
But what about your role in terms of bringing people together and driving this? Excuse the pun. Because clearly, we've seen it happen in other public sector realms. Natural Resources Wales: they've been thrown a large number of additional responsibilities and…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, and I think the distribution point was made in an earlier session, that it can skew the overall picture, really. Janet?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Yes, that's fine. Thank you. Janet, did you want to come in on this area of questioning?
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. Joyce.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Are we able to say in any way that confidence is improving in terms of accessing infrastructure? Because to reach a point where people feel that by 2025—. You know, it's two years away.
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
We'll move straight in to questions, if that's okay, and I'll kick off, if I may. The Welsh EV charging strategy vision is that car and van users should be confident about accessing the charging infrastructure that they need, when they need it, by 2025. I'm…
12 Ionawr 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Gwefru cerbydau trydan - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
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