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Bydd Aelodau'n ymwybodol bod Baglan Operations Limited a Grŵp Cwmnïau Baglan wedi cael eu diddymu'n orfodol ar 24 Mawrth 2021\. Penodwyd Derbynnydd Swyddogol o Wasanaeth Ansolfedd Llywodraeth y DU yn ddiddymwr, ac mae wedi bod yn cyflawni dyletswyddau statudol i sicrhau bod gweithrediadau'r cwmni'n cael eu dirwyn i ben mewn modd diogel. Mae'r rhain wedi cynnwys parhau i ddarparu’r unig gyflenwad trydan i Barc Ynni Baglan drwy rwydwaith gwifrau preifat sy'n gysylltiedig â safle ynni Baglan, sydd bellach wedi'i gau.


Fis Medi diwethaf, mewn ymdrech i gefnogi busnesau yr effeithiwyd arnynt a lleihau’r tarfu arnynt cymaint ag y bo modd, cyhoeddais fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi contractio Western Power Distribution (WPD) i ddylunio ac adeiladu rhwydwaith newydd ar gyfer Parc Ynni Baglan, ar gost o tua £3 miliwn. Mae WPD yn gweithio'n gyflym ac mae disgwyl iddynt gwblhau'r gwaith yn gynnar iawn, gyda disgwyl i'r rhan fwyaf o gwsmeriaid fod wedi derbyn cysylltiad newydd erbyn dechrau mis Ebrill 2022\.


Yn dilyn fy natganiad ysgrifenedig ar 22 Medi 2021, ddiwedd yr hydref diwethaf, dywedodd y Derbynnydd Swyddogol wrth gwsmeriaid y byddai pŵer drwy'r rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat yn dod i ben ar 14 Ionawr 2022, ar yr un pryd â’i waith ar y diddymu. Byddai hyn yn digwydd nifer o wythnosau cyn i’r trefniadau ar gyfer y rhwydwaith pŵer newydd ddechrau, a byddai angen i fusnesau, gwasanaethau a seilwaith hanfodol ymdopi yn ystod y cyfnod hwn yn bennaf drwy ddefnyddio generaduron diesel. Mae hon yn ffordd fwy costus, lai dibynadwy a llai cynaliadwy o ddarparu ynni, y bwriedir ei defnyddio am gyfnodau byr yn unig. Nid ydym yn credu y byddai'r canlyniad hwn er budd y cyhoedd.


Nid oes gan Lywodraeth Cymru unrhyw bwerau i ymyrryd ym mhrosesau’r Derbynnydd Swyddogol ar gyfer gwneud penderfyniadau; nid yw Llywodraeth y DU (yr Adran Busnes, Ynni a Strategaeth Ddiwydiannol (BEIS)) ychwaith wedi llwyddo i nodi unrhyw ddulliau cymesur neu briodol ar gyfer ymyrryd. Yn ystod yr wythnosau ers cyhoeddiad y Derbynnydd Swyddogol, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cynnal trafodaethau helaeth â'r holl bartïon perthnasol, gan gynnwys Gweinidogion BEIS ac Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru, i geisio sicrhau ateb synhwyrol i'r problemau sylweddol iawn y byddai atal y cyflenwad ynni drwy’r rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat yn eu creu ar gyfer busnesau a dinasyddion ym Maglan. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys, yn anad dim, niwed economaidd, a risgiau uwch o lifogydd a llygredd.


Ar ôl ystyried pob opsiwn arall, cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth Cymru, Dŵr Cymru, Cyngor Castell\-nedd Port Talbot, ynghyd â'r cwmni mwyaf ar y Parc Ynni, Sofidel, achosion cyfreithiol yr wythnos diwethaf i geisio atal y Derbynnydd Swyddogol rhag cau’r rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat, wrth inni aros i'r ateb tymor hwy gael ei roi ar waith. Yn ystod yr wythnos nesaf, rydym yn disgwyl i ddyddiad gael ei bennu ar gyfer y gwrandawiad llys perthnasol. Ar hyn o bryd mae'r pŵer yn parhau i gael ei gyflenwi, ac mae’r Derbynnydd Swyddogol wedi cytuno i beidio â chymryd unrhyw gamau pellach mewn perthynas â datgysylltu'r cyflenwad ynni nes bod yr holl gamau cyfreithiol wedi cael eu cwblhau.


Rhaid i'r achos cyfreithiol gael ei gwblhau ond, gan weithio gyda phartneriaid, bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn parhau i wneud popeth o fewn ei gallu i ddiogelu iechyd, diogelwch a lles y rhai y gallai unrhyw darfu ar y cyflenwad pŵer effeithio arnynt. Mae'r ymdrechion hyn yn cynnwys trafodaethau parhaus â Llywodraeth y DU ynghylch y pwerau y gallant eu defnyddio i helpu i ddatrys y sefyllfa anodd hon.







Translation:


 
Members will be aware Baglan Operations Limited and the Baglan Group of Companies entered compulsory liquidation on 24 March 2021\. An Official Receiver from the UK Government’s Insolvency Service was appointed as the liquidator and has been carrying out statutory duties to ensure a safe wind\-down of the company’s operations. These have included ongoing provision of the sole electricity supply to Baglan Energy Park via a private wire network linked to the now\-closed Baglan energy plant.


Last September, in an effort to support affected businesses and minimise disruption, I announced that Welsh Government had contracted Western Power Distribution (WPD) to design and build a replacement network for the benefit of Baglan Energy Park, at a cost of approximately £3 million. WPD are working at pace and due to complete significantly ahead of schedule, with the majority of customers expected to have their new connection in place by the start of April 2022\.


Further to my written statement of 22 September 2021, late last autumn the Official Receiver advised customers that power through the private wire network would be terminated on 14th January 2022, alongside the close\-down of his liquidation work. This would clearly be some weeks ahead of the provision of the new power network arrangements, and would oblige businesses, services and critical infrastructure on the park to bridge the gap mainly through use of diesel generators – a more expensive, less resilient and less sustainable form of energy provision, designed to be used only for brief periods. We do not believe this outcome would have been in the public interest.


Welsh Government has no powers to intervene in the decision\-making processes of the Official Receiver; the UK Government (the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) have equally been unable to identify any proportionate or appropriate means by which to intervene. In the weeks since the Official Receiver’s announcement, Welsh Government has had extensive discussions with all relevant parties, including BEIS Ministers and the Secretary of State for Wales, to try and secure a sensible solution to the very significant problems the termination of the private wire energy supply would create for businesses and citizens in Baglan. These include, not least, economic harm, and increased flood and pollution risks.


Having pursued all other options, Welsh Government, Dŵr Cymru, Neath Port Talbot Council, together with the largest company on the Energy Park, Sofidel, last week issued legal proceedings to seek to prevent the Official Receiver from discontinuing the private wire network, pending the longer\-term solution being implemented. During the course of the coming week, we expect a date for the relevant court hearing to be set. For now the power remains on, with the Official Receiver having given an undertaking to refrain from taking any further steps in connection with the disconnection of the energy supply until after final resolution of the legal actions.


The legal proceedings must run their course, but, working with partners, Welsh Government will continue to do all we reasonably can to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of those potentially affected by any disruption to the power supply. These efforts include ongoing discussions with UK Government on the powers they can bring to bear to help resolve this difficult situation.