Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of 24 June 2023 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in the eighteenth sitting of the Public Bill Committee on the Energy Bill [Lords], Official report column 544, when she plans to provide an update on the next steps on community energy generation.

Following Minister Bowie’s commitment on 24 June 2023 to update on next steps, on 11 August 2023 the Government announced the £10m Community Energy Fund, which enables rural and urban communities across England to access grant funding to develop local renewable energy projects for investment.

The fund is England only as the devolved nations have their own support schemes for community energy.