Question follow-through · 28042
Community Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to enable community-owned small-scale energy generators to sell electricity directly to local consumers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Community Energy · 10 Feb 2025
- Nuclear Power Stations: Gloucestershire · 26 Feb 2025
- Energy: Carbon Emissions · 21 Mar 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to enable community-owned small-scale energy generators to sell electricity directly to local consumers.
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the role that access to local energy will play in achieving net zero. The Government’s licence exemption regimes already allow small scale suppliers, including many community energy groups, to come to market to supply local custo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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