There is no doubt that communities are key to decarbonising the UK economy and the Government is supportive of community energy.
The Local Electricity Bill is a Private Member's Bill which seeks to enable electricity generators to become local electricity suppliers. The Bill, introduced by David Johnston MP, has its Second Reading scheduled for the 18th March 2022.
While the Government agrees with the broad intentions of what the Local Electricity Bill seeks to achieve and wants to see more local energy schemes as part of delivering a net zero energy system, it does not support the Bill as the means to enable local energy supply.
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