Community Energy
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made towards the publication of the Local Power Plan; and when he plans to publish that plan.
Answered by Michael Shanks
On 10 February 2026, Great British Energy and the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero published the Local Power Plan which sets out the UK’s largest ever public investment in locally owned clean energy.
Backed by up to £1 billion, the Local Power Plan aims to support more than 1,000 local and community energy projects by 2030.
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