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Great British Energy

Asked by Callum AndersonLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 80231

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria will be used to determine community access to Great British Energy (a) capacity-building and (b) financial support.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Great British Energy is an operationally independent company and will make its own decisions on how it supports the community energy sector.

We expect initial plans to be published as part of the Local Power Plan, which will be published in due course.

The Local Power Plan is a joint DESNZ and GBE strategy which will drive the long-term growth of the UK’s local and community energy sector over this Parliament.

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