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6,434 speeches and questions

12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
No. That's important. Diolch yn fawr. Okay. So, we'll conclude. We've got four minutes left.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
No, and, in fairness, that's come through pretty clearly in the previous evidence today as well.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
But, yes, we absolutely hear what you're saying. Huw, you wanted to come in, and then we'll come to Joyce just for a couple of final questions.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Well, that's taking us into a whole different sphere.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Joyce.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Okay, yes, Neil, this whole thing about renewable energy generation, storage, plugging your EV into it, particularly for rural areas, is something I'd imagine you've been grappling with for years.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Okay. Ben.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Yes. Malcolm first and then Ben wanted to come in as well.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Yes. Okay. Thank you. Right, we'll move on to Jenny, then.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Yes. Okay. Well, especially if you're investing a lot of money into substations, I think that would be useful, wouldn't it, really?
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you. And finally from me, just on this section, the Welsh Government's action plan commits to working with the electricity industry to review arrangements for electrical supply to buildings. I'm just wondering whether you see a benefit to that…
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Okay.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
And that brings us back again to the collaboration aspect that we touched on earlier. So, are you concerned that the target and key performance indicators in the EV action plan aren't being met? For example, target dates to establish a connections group and a…
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you for that. What I'm trying to get at, really, is what more can the energy planning and regulation process do to help and facilitate this future growth and visualisation of what's needed, really, in futureproofing, encouraging anticipatory…
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Okay. Malcolm, your evidence talks about how critical the next price control period is going to be as well in terms of network investment, but also whether there's sufficient collaboration and communication on EV infrastructure plans. Do you want to just…
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Ben again.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Joyce, you wanted to pick up on something as well.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Huw, you wanted to respond to that.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Back to you, Janet.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Neil, do you want to respond to that?
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Malcolm, do you want to respond?
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
We'll pick up on some of these themes later on. We move on now to focus again on the grid. Janet, do you want to raise a few issues?
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Jenny, did you want to come in?
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Jenny wants to come in, but I'll just allow you, Huw, first of all, because you're responding to something that was said directly.
12 January 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3
Did you want to pick up on anything, Joyce?