Source · Select Committees · Welsh Affairs Committee
Recommendation 11
11
Rejected
Paragraph: 74
Larger companies have a financial advantage linked to scale, whereas smaller energy projects are often...
Conclusion
Larger companies have a financial advantage linked to scale, whereas smaller energy projects are often reliant on the development of larger projects and the availability of spare capacity once these have been completed.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government rejects bringing forward legislative proposals to address the financial advantage of larger energy companies, stating there are no legislative barriers for community energy, but is considering wider retail market reforms.
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Paragraph Reference:
74
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
There are no legislative barriers to community energy groups building and generating electricity within the UK energy market, and so the Government has no plans to bring forward legislative proposals, at this time. As part of a wider review of market mechanisms, we are considering retail market reforms and responses to the Review of Electricity Markets consultation, which closed in October 2022.
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