Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 80073

Energy: Infrastructure

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

LabourSuffolk Coastal

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support communities that are affected by energy infrastructure projects.

Answer

Michael Shanks
In the Clean Power Action Plan, we made it clear that where communities host clean energy infrastructure, they should feel tangible and enduring benefit of doing so. The Government has already announced bill discounts for communities living nearest to new...

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