Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 111428

Community Energy

Tabled: 6 February 2026

Answered: 16 February 2026

Question

Vicky Foxcroft

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.

Answer

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 Powe...

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