Select Committee · Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Unlocking community energy at scale
Status: Open
Opened: 11 Nov 2024
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 …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan 2026 | Emma Floyd · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Helen Seagrave · Great British Energy, Marzia Zafar · Ofgem, Michael Shanks MP · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Victoria Moxham · Elexon | View ↗ |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Councillor Emily O'Brien · Lewes District Council and UK100 Climate Leadership Academy Graduate, Dan Stone · Centre for Sustainable Energy, Eleanor Radcliffe · Carbon Co-op, Jenny Wigley, KC · Landmark Chambers, Robbie Calvert · Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), Tanuja Pandit · Power Up North London | View ↗ |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Alex Lockton · Empowered, Dr Calum MacDonald · Point and Sandwick Trust, Dr Mairi Brookes · Low Carbon Hub, Finley Becks-Phelps · Nadara, Mark Askew · Southern and Scottish Electricity Networks - Distribution, Matt Magill · National Energy System Operator (NESO), Sarah Jeffery · National Grid Electricity Distribution | View ↗ |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Afsheen Kabir Rashid MBE · Repowering London, Alistair Macpherson · Plymouth Energy Community, Benedict Ferguson · Community Energy Wales/Ynni Cymunedol Cymru, Dr Mary Gillie · Energy Local, Pete Capener MBE · Community Energy England, Stephen Harris · OVO Energy, Steve Shaw · Power for People | View ↗ |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Helen Martin · Bristol Energy Cooperative, Hugh Goulbourne · CO2Sense, Jake Burnyeat · Communities for Renewables, Louise Marix Evans · Rossendale Valley Energy, Marna McMillin · Energy4All, Matthew Clayton · Thrive Renewables, Zoë Holliday · Community Energy Scotland | View ↗ |