Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Please provide copies of the following information held that were created or received by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications ("DECC") on and from 1 January 2021, relating to considerations of compliance of the TEG Procurements with the Legislation in respect of State aid by DECC and/or the European Commission and any notifications by DECC to the European Commission under the Legislation, specifically: (a) any correspondence, such as email and letter exchanges, as between DECC and the European Commission in respect of the TEG Procurements; (b) any meeting invitations, agendas, presentations or minutes of meetings in which decisions and/or recommendations at paragraph (a) were taken; (c) any analysis received by or generated by DECC which considers whether the securing of the delivery of temporary emergency generation is compliant with, or is to be carried out in compliance with, EU state aid rules; and (d) any analysis received by or generated by DECC which considers or analyses compliance with Article 16(2) of Regulation EU 2019/941 of the procuring of temporary electricity generation.