Grid connections ‘delaying’ solar and wind farms
Around 1,300 clean-energy projects with planning permission are waiting to be built because of delays connecting them to the National Grid, the LGA has warned.
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‘Take local approach to energy efficiency’ – LGA
Councils are calling for a new local approach after a flagship energy efficiency scheme supported just 60,000 homes in Britain in 2022 – down from almost half a million in 2013.
Leaky homes ‘could cost taxpayers billions’
New LGA analysis suggests poorly insulated homes will leak £12.7 billion of energy over the next two years.
New cap on household energy bills
The Government is to cap average energy household bills at around £2,500 a year for the next two years, to protect people from soaring prices.