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Community Energy |
| Question ID: |
1761021 |
| UIN: |
28039 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5030 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Simon Opher
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dr Simon Opher
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of enabling community-owned small-scale energy generators to sell electricity directly to local consumers on (a) energy prices, |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-06 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
Small-scale generation sites, including many community energy groups, can benefit from an exemption, which means that they do not require a licence from Ofgem to generate electricity or to supply to local customers.Local energy is unlikely to impact natio... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |