The Association of Nuclear-Free Local Authorities (NFLA) has published a 30-page policy briefing and guide to best-practice in developing local energy projects and supply companies to disrupt the dominance of Britain’s Big Six. Containing examples from both north and south of the Border – including projects reported in Scottish Energy News – the NFLA guide will be sent to the UK energy minister and his counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. For example, Aiberdeen, Edinburgh and the Western Isles councils have all recently set up local arms-length energy supply companies to rival Big Six suppliers. An NFLA spokesman explained: “The motivation for local authorities getting involved in energy is wider than just the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As large consumers of energy themselves high energy prices are having a big and negative impact on council budgets.
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The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today a comprehensive and detailed report providing the many different ways Councils from across England, Scotland and Wales are delivering projects, developments, policies and strategies at the heart of a decentralised local energy revolution. Such developments show the pivotal role local authorities can play in cutting carbon dioxide emissions and mitigating climate change.
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NFLA Policy Briefing No.152 – Local Authorities and Energy – Building a Fairer Low Carbon Energy System
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