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* Baglan Energy Park customers faced having their electricity cut off when the owners of a private wire network went into compulsory liquidation.
* Welsh Government launched legal action to prevent UK Government’s Official Receiver from switching off power supply and invested over £4 million to build new electricity networks.
* Intervention protects businesses that would have been impacted by the loss of power, potentially jeopardising up to 1,200 local jobs, and the local environment due to the risk of floods.


Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething visited Baglan Energy Park to meet businesses who have faced more than a year of uncertainty around their energy supply.


Businesses on Baglan Energy Park previously received their electricity supply via a private wire network from an on\-site gas\-fired power station. In March 2021, the company that owned the private wire network was placed into compulsory liquidation.


This resulted in the company’s operations, including the private wire network, becoming the responsibility of the UK Government’s Insolvency Service, who were tasked with winding down operations. 


The Welsh Government has worked closely with partners and affected organisations over more than a year to prevent and minimise the impact and disruption to the power supply for organisations that rely on the private wire network.


This has included close working with Neath Port Talbot Council, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, the UK Government, OFGEM, the Insolvency Service, the Official Receiver, Natural Resources Wales, and Western Power Distribution to seek to find a solution to this challenging issue.


The Welsh Government has invested over £4 million to support Western Power Distribution, as the local licensed distribution network operator, to rapidly design and build replacement networks. This investment has allowed Western Power to accelerate the process of building a new network, which would have initially taken between 18 months to two years to build. The investment has also minimised the significant costs affected businesses would have had to meet to connect to the new network.


As well as financial support, the Welsh Government has provided practical support to businesses, including helping them to map and identify their maximum demand requirements, informing the design of the new electrical network.


At the end of 2021, the UK Government’s Official Receiver announced it would be shutting down the private wire network in mid\-January 2022, months ahead of the date when organisations were scheduled to be connected to the new network.


This action would have meant businesses, services and critical infrastructure on the park having to bridge the gap in energy supply with diesel or gas fired generators, which are more expensive, less resilient and have the potential to significantly impact air quality in the local area. There was a real risk of diesel power failing in a storm event with potentially catastrophic consequences.


The Welsh Government led action to prevent this. Together with Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Dŵr Cymru and Sofidel we issued legal proceedings to seek to prevent the UK Government’s Official Receiver from discontinuing the private wire network until a new long\-term electrical network was constructed.


The new electricity connections, which are directly powered through the National Grid, are now complete, with most customers now connected to the new network.


This means potential disruption to customers of the Baglan Energy Park has been successfully minimised.  

This intervention has helped protect businesses that would have been affected by the loss of power, potentially jeopardising up to 1,200 local jobs and has prevented floods by maintaining power to flood water pumping stations.


Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething said:



> “I am pleased to have had the opportunity to visit Baglan Energy Park to meet some of the businesses impacted by more than a year of uncertainty around their energy supply. There is no doubt this has been a very stressful and uncertain time for them.
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> “When the UK Government refused to act, the Welsh Government intervened. If we had not acted then, serious long term harm could have been caused.
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> “The action we have taken came at significant cost to the Welsh Government. However, I am confident that it was time and money well spent. We have been able to successfully avoid the risk of major job losses, flood incidents and potential environmental pollution.
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> “This has been an incredibly frustrating time. It is staggering that the UK Government actively opposed our action in the courts to protect jobs, the environment, and the health of tens of thousands of people. In taking this action, the Welsh Government stood up for the people of Wales. This is yet another great example of devolution in action.







Translation:


 
* Roedd cwsmeriaid Parc Ynni Baglan yn wynebu colli eu cyflenwad trydan pan gafodd cwmni rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat ei ddiddymu’n orfodol.
* Lansiodd Llywodraeth Cymru gamau cyfreithiol i atal Derbynnydd Swyddogol Llywodraeth y DU rhag diffodd y cyflenwad pŵer a buddsoddi dros £4 miliwn i adeiladu rhwydweithiau trydan newydd.
* Mae ymyrraeth yn diogelu busnesau a fyddai wedi cael eu heffeithio gan golli pŵer, a allai beryglu hyd at 1,200 o swyddi lleol, a'r amgylchedd lleol oherwydd y perygl o lifogydd.


Gwnaeth Gweinidog yr Economi, Vaughan Gething ymweld â Pharc Ynni Baglan i gwrdd â busnesau sydd wedi wynebu mwy na blwyddyn o ansicrwydd ynghylch eu cyflenwad ynni.


Yn flaenorol, roedd busnesau ar Barc Ynni Baglan yn cael eu cyflenwad trydan drwy rwydwaith gwifrau preifat o orsaf bŵer nwy ar y safle. Ym mis Mawrth 2021, cafodd y cwmni a oedd yn berchen ar y rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat ei ddiddymu'n orfodol.


Arweiniodd hyn at weithrediadau'r cwmni, gan gynnwys y rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat, yn dod yn gyfrifoldeb Gwasanaeth Ansolfedd Llywodraeth y DU, a gafodd y dasg o ddirwyn y gweithrediadau i ben.


Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gweithio'n agos gyda phartneriaid a sefydliadau yr effeithir arnynt ers dros flwyddyn i atal a lleihau'r effaith a'r tarfu ar gyflenwad pŵer i sefydliadau sy'n dibynnu ar y rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat.


Mae hyn wedi cynnwys cydweithio'n agos â Chyngor Castell\-nedd Port Talbot, Dŵr Cymru, Llywodraeth y DU, OFGEM, y Gwasanaeth Ansolfedd, y Derbynnydd Swyddogol, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, a Western Power Distribution i geisio dod o hyd i ateb i'r mater heriol hwn.


Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi buddsoddi dros £4 miliwn i gefnogi Western Power Distribution, fel gweithredwr y rhwydwaith dosbarthu trwyddedig lleol, i ddylunio ac adeiladu rhwydweithiau newydd yn gyflym. Mae'r buddsoddiad hwn wedi caniatáu i Western Power gyflymu'r broses o adeiladu rhwydwaith newydd, a fyddai wedi cymryd rhwng 18 mis a dwy flynedd i'w adeiladu yn wreiddiol. Mae'r buddsoddiad hefyd wedi lleihau'r costau sylweddol y byddai busnesau yr effeithir arnynt wedi gorfod eu talu i gysylltu â'r rhwydwaith newydd.


Yn ogystal â chymorth ariannol, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi darparu cymorth ymarferol i fusnesau. Roedd hyn yn cynnwys eu helpu i fapio a nodi eu gofynion galw mwyaf, gan lywio dyluniad y rhwydwaith trydanol newydd.


Ar ddiwedd 2021, cyhoeddodd Derbynnydd Swyddogol Llywodraeth y DU y byddai'n cau'r rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat yng nghanol mis Ionawr 2022, fisoedd cyn y dyddiad y trefnwyd i sefydliadau gael eu cysylltu â'r rhwydwaith newydd.


Byddai'r cam hwn wedi golygu bod yn rhaid i fusnesau, gwasanaethau a seilwaith hanfodol ar y parc bontio'r bwlch yn y cyflenwad ynni gyda generaduron diesel neu nwy, sy'n ddrutach, yn llai gwydn ac sydd â'r potensial i effeithio'n sylweddol ar ansawdd aer yn yr ardal leol. Roedd risg gwirioneddol y byddai pŵer diesel yn methu mewn storm gyda chanlyniadau trychinebus posibl.


Arweiniodd Llywodraeth Cymru gamau i atal hyn. Ar y cyd â Chyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell\-nedd Port Talbot, Dŵr Cymru a Sofidel, gwnaethom gychwyn achos cyfreithiol i geisio atal Derbynnydd Swyddogol Llywodraeth y DU rhag terfynu’r rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat nes i rwydwaith trydanol hirdymor newydd gael ei adeiladu.


Mae'r cysylltiadau trydan newydd, sy'n cael eu pweru'n uniongyrchol drwy'r Grid Cenedlaethol, bellach wedi'u cwblhau, gyda'r rhan fwyaf o gwsmeriaid wedi'u cysylltu â'r rhwydwaith newydd erbyn hyn.


Mae hyn yn golygu bod tarfu posibl ar gwsmeriaid Parc Ynni Baglan wedi'i leihau'n llwyddiannus.  

Mae'r ymyrraeth hon wedi helpu i ddiogelu busnesau a fyddai wedi cael eu heffeithio gan golli pŵer, a allai beryglu hyd at 1,200 o swyddi lleol, ac mae wedi atal llifogydd drwy gynnal pŵer i orsafoedd pwmpio dŵr llifogydd.


Dywedodd Gweinidog yr Economi, Vaughan Gething:



> “Rwy'n falch o fod wedi cael y cyfle i ymweld â Pharc Ynni Baglan i gwrdd â rhai o'r busnesau yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan fwy na blwyddyn o ansicrwydd ynghylch eu cyflenwad ynni. Nid oes unrhyw amheuaeth bod hwn wedi bod yn gyfnod ansicr iawn ac yn llawn straen iddynt.
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> “Pan wrthododd Llywodraeth y DU weithredu, fe wnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru ymyrryd. Pe na baem wedi gweithredu bryd hynny, gallai niwed hirdymor difrifol fod wedi'i achosi.
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> “Mae'r camau rydym wedi'u cymryd wedi golygu cost sylweddol i Lywodraeth Cymru. Fodd bynnag, rwy’n hyderus fod defnydd da wedi’i wneud o’r amser a dreuliwyd a’r arian a wariwyd. Rydym wedi llwyddo i osgoi'r risg o golli swyddi ar raddfa fawr, llifogydd a llygredd amgylcheddol posibl.
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> “Mae hwn wedi bod yn gyfnod hynod o rwystredig. Mae'n syfrdanol bod Llywodraeth y DU wedi gwrthwynebu ein camau gweithredu yn y llysoedd i ddiogelu swyddi, yr amgylchedd, ac iechyd degau o filoedd o bobl. Drwy gymryd y camau hyn, fe wnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru sefyll dros bobl Cymru. Dyma enghraifft wych arall o ddatganoli ar waith.