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Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support community energy projects.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
18 Mar 2025
Answer
18 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support community energy projects.

  2. 18 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Through Great British Energy we will turbocharge community energy. Our Local Power Plan will mean communities taking back control of their energy, bringing cheap clean power and energy security. I look forward to further details being announced as the GBE...

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