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Members will be aware Baglan Operations Limited (‘BOL’) and the Baglan group of companies under the Calon Energy group entered compulsory liquidation on 24 March 2021, leaving businesses, water pumping stations and other organisations at the Baglan Energy Park in Neath Port Talbot in danger of having their electricity supply terminated.


I am pleased to inform you that as a result of interventions by Welsh Government, Neath Port Talbot Council, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Western Power Distribution, the majority of customers of the Energy Park are now connected to a new distribution network, with remaining connections to be completed in the next few weeks.


The Welsh Government has invested over £4m to support Western Power Distribution, as the local licensed distribution network operator, to rapidly design and build replacement electricity networks to customers impacted. This investment has allowed Western Power to accelerate the process of building a new network – which otherwise would have taken between 18 months to two years to build.


This investment has minimised the significant costs affected organisations would have had to meet to connect to the new electrical networks.  As well as financial support, my Officials have provided practical support to businesses, coordinating intelligence gathering and supporting the design of the new electrical networks.


Welsh Government 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.


I have had extensive discussions with all relevant parties, including ministers at BEIS and the Secretary of State for Wales, to try to secure a sensible solution to the very significant impact and problems the termination of the private wire energy supply would have created for businesses and citizens in Baglan.  When the UK Government refused to act, legal proceedings were progressed by Welsh Government to seek to prevent the UK Government’s Official Receiver from discontinuing electricity through the private wire network until the new Western Power networks had been constructed.   Members will wish to be aware that we are in the process of withdrawing from these proceedings as the necessary connections are now in place, meaning we have successfully minimised disruption to customers of the Baglan Energy Park.


I will be making further representations to incoming BEIS Ministers to raise the need for urgent lessons to be learned from an episode which should not be repeated. It is deeply regrettable that Welsh Ministers were faced with no alternative but to seek legal recourse while BEIS Ministers had the legal authority to intervene in order to prevent catastrophic harm.


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Senedd returns I would be happy to do so.







Translation:


 
Bydd yr aelodau yn gwybod bod Baglan Operations Limited ('BOL'), a grŵp Baglan o gwmnïau o dan grŵp Calon Energy, wedi dod yn destun proses ddiddymu orfodol ar 24 Mawrth 2021, gan adael busnesau, gorsafoedd pwmpio dŵr a sefydliadau eraill ym Mharc Ynni Baglan yng Nghastell\-nedd Port Talbot mewn perygl o golli eu cyflenwad ynni.


Mae'n dda gennyf eich hysbysu, o ganlyniad i ymyriadau gan Lywodraeth Cymru, Cyngor Castell\-nedd Port Talbot, Dŵr Cymru a Western Power Distribution, fod mwyafrif cwsmeriaid y Parc Ynni bellach wedi cael eu cysylltu â rhwydwaith dosbarthu newydd, ac y bydd gweddill y cwsmeriaid yn cael eu cysylltu yn ystod yr wythnosau nesaf.


Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi buddsoddi dros £4 miliwn i gefnogi Western Power Distribution, sef y gweithredwr rhwydwaith dosbarthu trwyddedig lleol, i ddylunio ac adeiladu rhwydweithiau trydan newydd ar gyfer y cwsmeriaid yr effeithiwyd arnynt. Mae'r buddsoddi hwn wedi galluogi Western Power i adeiladu rhwydwaith newydd yn gyflymach – fel arall byddai hyn wedi cymryd 18–24 mis i'w adeiladu.


Mae'r buddsoddi hwn wedi lleihau'r costau sylweddol y byddai wedi bod yn rhaid i’r sefydliadau yr effeithiwyd arnynt eu talu i gysylltu â'r rhwydweithiau trydanol newydd. Yn ogystal â chymorth ariannol, mae fy swyddogion wedi darparu cymorth ymarferol i fusnesau, gan gydlynu'r broses o gasglu gwybodaeth a chefnogi'r gwaith o ddylunio'r rhwydweithiau trydanol newydd.


Mae ymyriadau Llywodraeth Cymru wedi helpu i ddiogelu busnesau a fyddai wedi colli eu pŵer, gan roi hyd at 1,200 o swyddi lleol mewn perygl, ac wedi atal llifogydd drwy gynnal pŵer i orsafoedd pwmpio dŵr llifogydd.


Byddaf yn gwneud sylwadau pellach i Weinidogion BEIS sydd ar ddod i godi'r angen i wersi brys gael eu dysgu o bennod na ddylid eu hailadrodd. Mae'n destun gofid mawr nad oedd Gweinidogion Cymru'n wynebu unrhyw ddewis arall ond ceisio camau cyfreithiol tra bod gan Weinidogion BEIS yr awdurdod cyfreithiol i ymyrryd er mwyn atal sefyllfa drychinebus.


Rwyf wedi cael trafodaethau helaeth gyda'r holl bartïon perthnasol, gan gynnwys Gweinidogion yn BEIS ac Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru, i geisio sicrhau ateb call i'r effaith a'r problemau sylweddol iawn fyddai dod a'r cyflenwad ynni gwifren breifat wedi ei greu i fusnesau a dinasyddion ym Maglan.  Pan wrthododd Llywodraeth y DU â gweithredu, dechreuwyd achos cyfreithiol gan Lywodraeth Cymru i geisio atal Derbynnydd Swyddogol Llywodraeth y DU rhag atal trydan drwy'r rhwydwaith gwifrau preifat nes bod rhwydweithiau newydd Western Power wedi cael eu hadeiladu. Dylai aelodau wybod ein bod yn y broses o dynnu'r achos hwn yn ôl gan fod y cysylltiadau angenrheidiol bellach ar waith, sy'n golygu ein bod wedi llwyddo i leihau'r tarfu ar gwsmeriaid Parc Ynni Baglan. 


Byddaf yn gwneud sylwadau pellach i Weinidogion BEIS sydd ar ddod i godi'r angen i wersi brys gael eu dysgu o bennod na ddylid eu hailadrodd. Mae'n destun gofid mawr nad oedd Gweinidogion Cymru'n wynebu unrhyw ddewis arall ond ceisio camau cyfreithiol tra bod gan Weinidogion BEIS yr awdurdod cyfreithiol i ymyrryd er mwyn atal sefyllfa drychinebus.


Caiff y datganiad ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i aelodau. Os bydd aelodau eisiau i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Senedd yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.