Gas Balancing Alerts

EDM number 563 in 2009-10, proposed by John Hemming on 11/01/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Oil, petrol and natural gas.

That this House notes the fourth gas balancing alert of 2010 was made on 11 January 2010; further notes that it was subsequent to a drop in imports of gas from Norway; expresses concern that there appears to be a continuing problem with maintaining imports; further notes that Medium Range Storage at 6 am on 11 January 2010 was only at a level of 53 per cent.; further notes that Short Range Storage may need to be removed from the capacity limit of the system, being close to two days remaining; and calls for the Government to give this matter some detailed attention, potentially including discussions with the Norwegian government, to identify what may be done to maintain the UK's gas security.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.