- Communities across England are set to benefit from a share of new £1bn fund.
- Portsmouth MP welcomes potential community energy opportunities for Portsmouth.
- Partnership with Great British Energy to put communities back in control.
Stephen Morgan MP has welcomed the major announcement by Labour that communities across the UK, including in Portsmouth, will be given the opportunity to own and control their own energy projects.
Labour’s plan delivers the biggest public investment in community energy in British history and will give communities a stake in the places they live, as well as generating profits that can be reinvested locally.
Communities will be able to express their interest in funding and advice on building clean energy projects in their town or village through Great British Energy, with a new “one stop shop” set up for local energy.
Welcoming the plan, Stephen Morgan, MP for Portsmouth South, said:
“This historic investment into community energy provides an exciting opportunity for our city to have and control its own energy projects.
“This Labour government is putting power and wealth back in the hands of local communities, so profits can flow back into local areas, not simply out to big energy companies”.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said:
“Local and community energy is at the heart of our government’s vision.
“We refuse to accept that the days when Britain owned things are in the past.
“That is why we set up Great British Energy (GBE), the UK’s first new publicly owned energy company in 70 years, to ensure the British people can own and benefit from our natural energy resources”.
