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🔹 Grid connections for community projects to be prioritised
🔹 Planning rules to recognise community ownership as something worth protecting
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Matthew Vickers, CEO of @communityenergyengland.org, said:
"Community energy gives people throughout the country the opportunity to have a stake in Britain's energy future.
"The Committee heard the evidence and has sent a clear message around the need for action from Government.
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So many great people to meet and chat to our Summer Conference today!
Together we can #UpTheEnergy on #CommunityEnergy -
🤞We'll hit £20,000 today! IF everyone at our conference gives just £10 or more!
All donations up to £250 are doubled by match funding: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/up-the-ene...
Read CEE's full response and the Committee's recommendations:
communityenergyengland.org/news/committ...
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#UpTheEnergy #CommunityEnergy
"We're pleased to see so much of what we are calling for in our #UpTheEnergy campaign reflected in the Committee's recommendations.
"Market reforms and the forthcoming Energy Independence Bill can unlock cheaper, cleaner and more secure community energy."
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@uptheenergyuk.bsky.social
It's our summer conference today! Over 250 people people are gathering in #Birmingham to work out how we mainstream #CommunityEnergy
Details: communityenergyengland.org/events/commu...
Can we get our #UpTheEnergy crowdfunder to £20k by the end of the day?
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/up-the-ene...
Huge thanks to Katherine Linsley at @communityenergyldn.bsky.social for taking our @uptheenergyuk.bsky.social crowdfunder over the £15k mark! 😍 🙏
Be like Katherine: donate what you can now and help us to reach £20k by the end of our Summer Conference!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/up-the-ene...
A few pics from this morning's sessions at our Summer Conference. Workshops are starting now start, then it's lunch and the #openspace where all manner of #CommunityEnergy topics will be discussed!
PS have you donated to our #UpTheEnergy crowdfunder yet? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/up-the-ene...
🔹 Communities to have the legal right to buy a stake in renewable energy projects
🔹 Local generators to receive a guaranteed, fair price for the power they produce
🔹 An end to rules blocking community groups from selling power directly to neighbours
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