Committees

Unlocking community energy at scale

Inquiry

The Committee has launched an inquiry into community energy. The Committee aims to:

  • identify potential solutions to the financial and regulatory barriers facing community energy projects, including how to establish local supply;
  • consider the role of the Local Power Plan in supporting community energy; and 
  • assess how reforms to the planning system, grid connections and the energy market could support the growth of community energy at scale.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Monday 13 January 2025.

Reports, special reports and government responses

No reports or special reports published.

Oral evidence transcripts

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2 April 2025
Inquiry Unlocking community energy at scale
Witnesses Steve Shaw (Director at Power for People), Dr Mary Gillie (Founder and Director at Energy Local), Benedict Ferguson (Co-Executive Director at Community Energy Wales/Ynni Cymunedol Cymru), and Stephen Harris (VP of Energy Markets and Optimisation at OVO Energy)
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Oral Evidence
2 April 2025
Inquiry Unlocking community energy at scale
Witnesses Alistair Macpherson (Chief Executive Officer at Plymouth Energy Community), Pete Capener MBE (Interim Chair at Community Energy England), and Afsheen Kabir Rashid MBE (Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Repowering London)
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Oral Evidence
12 March 2025
Inquiry Unlocking community energy at scale
Witnesses Helen Martin (Chief Executive Officer at Bristol Energy Cooperative), Hugh Goulbourne (Director at CO2Sense), and Matthew Clayton (Managing Director at Thrive Renewables)
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Written evidence

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Communities for Renewables (COM0158)
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Ofgem (COM0157)
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Resilience Network CIC (COM0116)
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Other publications

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Contact us

  • Email: commonsesnz@parliament.uk
  • Phone: Media: Email: bridgespalmerj@parliament.uk
  • Address: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA