Commentary on Sections Chapter 4: Further Provisions about Regulation Section 172: Annual report on security of energy supplies
428.This section requires the Secretary of State to publish an annual report on the availability of electricity and gas for meeting the reasonable demands of consumers in Great Britain, and to lay that report before Parliament. The report must deal with both the short and long term, and must cover in particular:
	electricity generating capacity;
	the availability of capacity in electricity transmission and distribution systems;
	the availability of capacity in gas infrastructure; and
	the availability of capacity in licensed gas pipe-line systems.
The report must be prepared jointly by the Secretary of State and GEMA.