It is an exciting and challenging time for co-operative and community energy generation and purchasing.
The Co-operative Party and SERA – the Labour Environment Campaign are co-hosting this event with leading players in the field. Co-operative pioneers, Midcounties, will speak about their Co-operative Energy service and we will also hear the new manifesto for co-operative and community energy from Co-operatives UK and the Co-operative Group. Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State Caroline Flint will lead the debate.
10 July, 7pm – 8.30pm
Committee Room 19, House of Commons
Speakers:
- Chair: Melanie Smallman – SERA
- Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP – Shadow Secretary of State, Energy and Climate Change
- Nigel Mason – Co-operative Energy
- Rebecca Willis – Co-operatives UK, Author of “Co-operative renewable energy in the UK. A guide to this growing sector”
I am investigating community owned energy schemes in the UK for my MSc dissertation. I was unable to attend this event but would be very interested to find out more about what was discussed. Do you intend to publish a summary document, or are there any slides that can be made available? Many thanks, Will
Thanks Will. We’ll put a review of the event up later today. A large document on energy ideas is in the process of being produced in conjunction with the Co-operative Party and LGiU – look out for that in the autumn.