PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Energy Supply: Infrastructure (17 July 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing energy bill discounts of (a) £10,000 over ten years to people within 200 metres and (b) £20,000 over 20 years for people within 500 metres of an energy infrastructure project.

Asked by:
Ben Goldsborough (Labour)

It is important for this Government that where communities host clean energy infrastructure, they should directly benefit from it. We are currently considering how to ensure communities benefit from living near new onshore electricity transmission infrastructure.

Answered by:
Miatta Fahnbulleh (Labour)
25 July 2024